PLAQUE #7
Location: Christ Church, Colborne and Matilda St., Pt. Stanley
LIEUT-COL. JOHN BOSTWICK, 1780-1849 Born in Massachusetts, Bostwick came as a child to Norfolk County. He was appointed high constable of the London District in 1800 and sheriff in 1805. A deputy-surveyor, he laid out some of the earliest roads in the Talbot Settlement and in 1804 was granted 600 acres here at the mouth of Kettle Creek. After serving as a militia officer throughout the War of 1812 he settled on the site of Port Stanley and founded this community. Bostwick represented Middlesex in the legislative assembly 1821-24. He donated the land for this church, which was completed in 1845, and is buried in its churchyard. Erected by the Ontario Archaeological and Historic Sites Board
PLAQUE #25
Location: on cairn at main corner in Port Stanley
PORT STANLEY Kettle Creek was called by the Iroquois the "Kanagio", by the Ojibwas the "Akiksibi", by the French the "Riviere Tonti:. Among early vistors were: Louis Jolliet, September, 1669; Dollier and Galinee, April 1670; the Celoron expedition, October 1749; Sir William Johnson, 26th August, 1761; Colonel Thomas Talbot, 1801; Lord Stanley, 1824. First settler, JohnBostwick, 1804. General Brock's expedition encamped on the beach, 9th August, 1812, on its way to Detroit. Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
Location: Christ Church, Colborne and Matilda St., Pt. Stanley
LIEUT-COL. JOHN BOSTWICK, 1780-1849 Born in Massachusetts, Bostwick came as a child to Norfolk County. He was appointed high constable of the London District in 1800 and sheriff in 1805. A deputy-surveyor, he laid out some of the earliest roads in the Talbot Settlement and in 1804 was granted 600 acres here at the mouth of Kettle Creek. After serving as a militia officer throughout the War of 1812 he settled on the site of Port Stanley and founded this community. Bostwick represented Middlesex in the legislative assembly 1821-24. He donated the land for this church, which was completed in 1845, and is buried in its churchyard. Erected by the Ontario Archaeological and Historic Sites Board
PLAQUE #25
Location: on cairn at main corner in Port Stanley
PORT STANLEY Kettle Creek was called by the Iroquois the "Kanagio", by the Ojibwas the "Akiksibi", by the French the "Riviere Tonti:. Among early vistors were: Louis Jolliet, September, 1669; Dollier and Galinee, April 1670; the Celoron expedition, October 1749; Sir William Johnson, 26th August, 1761; Colonel Thomas Talbot, 1801; Lord Stanley, 1824. First settler, JohnBostwick, 1804. General Brock's expedition encamped on the beach, 9th August, 1812, on its way to Detroit. Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
PLAQUE #7
Location: Christ Church, Colborne and Matilda St., Pt. Stanley
LIEUT-COL. JOHN BOSTWICK, 1780-1849 Born in Massachusetts, Bostwick came as a child to Norfolk County. He was appointed high constable of the London District in 1800 and sheriff in 1805. A deputy-surveyor, he laid out some of the earliest roads in the Talbot Settlement and in 1804 was granted 600 acres here at the mouth of Kettle Creek. After serving as a militia officer throughout the War of 1812 he settled on the site of Port Stanley and founded this community. Bostwick represented Middlesex in the legislative assembly 1821-24. He donated the land for this church, which was completed in 1845, and is buried in its churchyard. Erected by the Ontario Archaeological and Historic Sites Board
PLAQUE #25
Location: on cairn at main corner in Port Stanley
PORT STANLEY Kettle Creek was called by the Iroquois the "Kanagio", by the Ojibwas the "Akiksibi", by the French the "Riviere Tonti:. Among early vistors were: Louis Jolliet, September, 1669; Dollier and Galinee, April 1670; the Celoron expedition, October 1749; Sir William Johnson, 26th August, 1761; Colonel Thomas Talbot, 1801; Lord Stanley, 1824. First settler, JohnBostwick, 1804. General Brock's expedition encamped on the beach, 9th August, 1812, on its way to Detroit. Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
Location: Christ Church, Colborne and Matilda St., Pt. Stanley
LIEUT-COL. JOHN BOSTWICK, 1780-1849 Born in Massachusetts, Bostwick came as a child to Norfolk County. He was appointed high constable of the London District in 1800 and sheriff in 1805. A deputy-surveyor, he laid out some of the earliest roads in the Talbot Settlement and in 1804 was granted 600 acres here at the mouth of Kettle Creek. After serving as a militia officer throughout the War of 1812 he settled on the site of Port Stanley and founded this community. Bostwick represented Middlesex in the legislative assembly 1821-24. He donated the land for this church, which was completed in 1845, and is buried in its churchyard. Erected by the Ontario Archaeological and Historic Sites Board
PLAQUE #25
Location: on cairn at main corner in Port Stanley
PORT STANLEY Kettle Creek was called by the Iroquois the "Kanagio", by the Ojibwas the "Akiksibi", by the French the "Riviere Tonti:. Among early vistors were: Louis Jolliet, September, 1669; Dollier and Galinee, April 1670; the Celoron expedition, October 1749; Sir William Johnson, 26th August, 1761; Colonel Thomas Talbot, 1801; Lord Stanley, 1824. First settler, JohnBostwick, 1804. General Brock's expedition encamped on the beach, 9th August, 1812, on its way to Detroit. Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
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