Pin Quest Ontario

The County of Leeds Grenville courthouse in Brockville was decorated with master carpenter William Holmes carving an 11 foot tall statue of Justice to be put on display starting in 1845. This statue stood outside the county courthouse for over 100 years until 1956 when it was damaged by Hurricane Hazel and eventually moved to a museum. A replica statue was installed in 1982.

One of the earliest known settlements in Augusta township was a St. Lawrence Iroquoian community near present-day Roebuck. Archaeological evidence shows that there were about 40 longhouses which would have each been about 30 metres long in this community which would have had a population of about 1,600 people. This was an agricultural community where the residents would have grown corn, beans, squash, sunflowers and tobacco. An Ontario Heritage Plaque now marks the archaeological site.

An alternative lapel pin for Augusta.

Brockville is currently (as of 2022) in its 190th year as a local government.

In fact, Brockville is Ontario's first self-governing community (beating Toronto by two years) having incorporated as a police village in 1832. 

History in the Edwardsburgh Cardinal area can be traced back 11,000 years through excavation of stone arrowheads connected to the Clovis and Plano people. 

Jump forward a few millennia to a community connected to the world through its deep sea port.

In Gananoque you pronounce the 'que' as 'kway'.

Gananoque is home to the UNESCO Thousand Islands - Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve: one of only 3 such reserves in Ontario.

Merrickville-Wolford has a national historical site dating back to when Canada had bad neighbours.

The Blockhouse (a small military fort) is what remains of a series of structures designed to protect the Rideau Canal from American attacks.

North Grenville has a community called Burritts Rapids.

The community is a historical centre of transportation around the Rideau River. Not only does it host part of the Rideau Canal, it is also the site of the first bridge over the river.

Fort Wellington is the fort referred to in Prescott’s motto. LIke many other forts along the St. Lawrence river, it was constructed to hinder American use of the river during the War of 1812. Although it was never attacked by the Americans, it became the target of Hunter Patriots during Canada’s lesser known Patriot War in which a group of rebels attempted to form a Republic of Canada. 

An alternative pin for Prescott.

You’ve heard of a “milk run”? Plans to build a railway between Sault Ste. Marie and Brockville were partially completed in 1888, with Westport as the new terminus. There were so many cheese factories along the line that the train was called “the cheese run”