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Read Visitors' Comments This is the page where you can read other visitors' comments. Want to say something? Here's the page to do it. Now here are the comments. Received on Friday, February 10, 2006 Alan, this is a great site! Hi I’m Brian, I live in Rexdale where I grew up, I started to travel all over Ontario on my own over 37 years ago, reading the historical plaques wherever I went. One of my favorites was the Steamboating In Muskoka plaque at Gravenhurst, where I became a volunteer on the Segwun Steamboat Museum. During those years while the Segwun was closed for restoration, I went up there in 1975 with the idea of celebrating the centennial of railroads in Muskoka. I contacted local interested people in the area and we applied to Ontario Heritage Foundation, for the Toronto, Simcoe & Muskoka Junction plaque now displayed at the railway station. It is one thing to see and read those historical markers, but more rewarding to Get Involved. Received on Thursday, February 9, 2006 My gr gr gr gr grandfather was Captain John Deserontyon. (Deseronto Ont) My mother's maiden name is Culbertson. I was researching on the web to share some family history and came across your site. Thank you very much, John Sager Received on Monday, February 6, 2006 it's great! Received on Saturday, January 28, 2006 This is a Fabulous Site. I was born and raised in Collingwood, but currently live in Chatham-Kent. I was wondering why there isn't a Historical Plaque about the "Founding of Collingwood"? Thanks, Ruby Marlatt, Blenheim, ON rmarlatt@mnsi.net Received on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 I tried to send you an email but your address doesn't seem to work. Merv Ahrens, Fort Frances, ON [Note from Alan L Brown. Thanks for spotting that, Merv. I recently did an update and an error crept in that messed up my email address links except the ones on my home page. I've now corrected all of the links.] Received on Tuesday, January 10, 2006 hi my name is danielle i just wanted 2 say that u should put more 411(information) about Adelaine Hunter Hoodless.I say this b cause i am doing a speech on her.please read this message. i am in g.5. Received on Monday, January 9, 2006 There was until quite recently a plaque dedicated to "Mother Barnes, the Witch of Plum Hollow" fastened to a sizeable boulder on the site of her log dwelling. This is located on Mother Barnes Road off hwy 29 north of Brockville. It would be of interest if someone had a record of the text. billwilson@canada.com Received on Monday, January 2, 2006 I am Hal Rogers daughter. Thank you for the excellent photo of the plaque unveiled in London, Ont. to honour him. The new official name of the organization he founded is KIN CANADA. During World War II, over 50 million quarts of dried milk were sent overseas as the organization's first national project. Kin were the first to support research for Cystic Fibrosis and have raised over $33 million for this national project since the late 1960's. They continue to support C.F. as well as provincial projects such as the Kin Saskatchewan Telemiracle, and local community service work across the country. They also provide generous help for national and international emergencies. Received on Tuesday, November 8, 2005 Very nice site Alan. It is nice to see someone with an interest, you are contributing to a part of Canada's history. I am proud to have contributed a few of my photographs, especially the picture of the plaque at the Nipissing Museum. My grandfather unveiled that plaque in 1974 as a part of Nipissing's 100'th anniversary. Jamie Toeppner, Powassan, Ontario Received on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 it says on your web posting that mr. Keating is a captain when in fact he is a "fort Adjutant" which holds the same pay and power as a leftenaunt........thought you might like to know. P.S. i work at the penetanguishine military establishment. (Note from Webmaster: Error has been corrected. Thanks.) Received on Wednesday, July 13, 2005 this was my idea for my retirement. You beat me to it. Great idea!!! Received on Friday, July 8, 2005 Iam sorry that my most recent comments were off beam, viz a viz the plaque for the Revd. William Proudfoot being in England - it is of course in London, Ontario and NOT the other one! He is mentioned frequently in my booklets " Pitroddie Perspectives"ISBN 0 905452 9; "Practical and Pictorial Pitroddie" ISBN 0905 45244 5; and " Pitroddie- The Canadian Link &c;" details of which can be obtained from the Library Shop, A K Bell Library, York Place, Perth, Scotland or emailingADWallace@pkc.co.uk These modestly priced booklets are written to raise funds for the Friends of Perth & Kinross Council Archive, a registered Charity in Scotland. William Proudfoot's first charge after his ordination was at the Secession Church of Pitroddie in the Carse of Gowrie, midway between Dundee and Perth,where he served with distinction from 1813 until 1831 before setting off for Upper Canada in 1832.The last of these booklets was written following on the superb co-operation of Kim Arnold, the Archivist and Records Administrator of the Presbyterian Church in Canada based at Wynford Drive, Toronto ON M3C 1J7, Toronto.Revd Proudfoot on his departure from Scotland had taken some of the Pitroddie church records with him to ( New ) London, Ontario and they are kept very safely today in the Archives of the Church in Canada. His record of service, both in Scotland and later in Canada is exemplary as are those of his sons in Canada, who were born at the manse of Pitroddie which stands today as a private dwellinghouse alongside the now ruined church. Donald M. Abbott. INVERGOWRIE. Scotland. Received on Thursday, July 7, 2005 I am amazed that this lovely plaque is in England and not in the Carse of Gowrie at Pitroddie between Dundee and Perth, where Revd Proudfoot ministered with great distinction between 1813 and 1831 before setting off for Upper Canada in 1832. His first charge was as Minister of Pitrod(d)ie Secession Church which later metamorphosised as a United Presbyterian Church, then a United Free Church of Scotland and closed for worship in 1930. It is a ruin today and is the second church on this site, built under the direction of Proudfoot in 1816 - the congregation having been formed in 1788. His family were born at the manse there, before themselves leading distinguished lives in Ontario. I am all for promoting the Canada/Scotland link today, several of my forebears having served as elders etc. at Pitroddie over the generations of its existence as a prominent place of worship in the Carse of Gowrie. Donald M. Abbott, Invergowrie. by Dundee. SCOTLAND. Received on Wednesday, June 29, 2005 Thank you for devising this site. Amazing enough it has been useful to me. Keep up the good work. M.F. de Bruijn, France.