"LOYALIST LANDING AT CATARACOUI 1784" - Kingston, ON - Human Migration Monuments on Waymarking.com

Plaque Text:

"Following the end of the American Revolution in 1783, Frederick Haldimand, Governor of Quebec, approved the resettlement of loyalist refugees in what is now southern Ontario. Favourable reports on the Cataracoui area led to its occupation by British forces in the spring of 1783 and to the commencement of surveys the following October. In June 1784 a party of Associated Loyalists from New York State under the command of Captain Michael Grass, part of a loyalist flotilla travelling from Montreal, established a camp here on Mississauga Point. Grass later recalled: "I led the loyal band, I pointed out to them the site of their future metropolis and gained for persecuted principles a sanctuary, for myself and followers a home"

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Who placed it?: Ontario Heritage Foundation, Ministry of Culture and Communications When was it placed?: Pre June 2004 Who is honored?: Loyalist refugees Website about the Monument: [Web Link]

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Date Logged Log   08/15/2014 Trail Blaisers visited it