Lieutenant-Colonel Edwin Albert Baker 1893-1968

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted December, 2010

Plaque Location

The County of Lennox & Addington
The Township of Loyalist
On the north side of Highway 33 at street number 4949
just over 2 km west of Road 6

Coordinates: N 44 12.929 W 76 41.507

Plaque Text

A passionate advocate of the rehabilitation and training of the blind, Baker was born nearby. In 1914 he enlisted in the Canadian Army and was blinded while in action in Belgium. He was hospitalized in England where he embraced the philosophy of self-reliance espoused by Sir Arthur Pearson, the prominent newspaper owner who was himself partially blind. Returning to Canada, Baker was instrumental in the formation of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind in 1918 and, as its General Secretary and Managing Director (1920-64), worked tirelessly to improve the medical, rehabilitative and educational services for veterans and the handicapped. He received many honours for his efforts and in 1951 was elected first president of the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind.

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Posted July 30, 2011
I was visiting my mother this week (her residence is across the street from the former Bulah United Church property that hosted the Baker historic plaque) and noticed that the plaque was gone. Has it been relocated?
Ken Waller
[Ontario Heritage Trust has been informed. Thanks for letting me know.]

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