Unveiling Simcoe Point Cemetery
Description
- Creator
- Richard Parisotto, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- A colour photograph of the unveiling of the Simcoe Point Pioneer Cemetery monument. David Percival, chairman of Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee (LACAC), is giving a speech.
On the west bank of Duffins Creek – close to Lake Ontario, on what is known as Simcoe Point – is the small Peak-Greenlaw family cemetery. Many descendants of William Peak, the first white settler in the township, rest here. The earliest recorded burial is 1836. The site is marked by a plaque and three memorial maple trees. - Date of Original
- 11 May 1991
- Date Of Event
- 11 May 1991
- Dimensions
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Width: 10.16 cm
Height: 15.24 cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- P030-002-001
- Collection
- Cemeteries - Simcoe Point Pioneer Cemetery
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.8175531935787 Longitude: -79.0316783703613
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- Copyright Holder
- Town of Ajax
- Contact
- Ajax Public LibraryEmail:libraryinfo@ajaxlibrary.ca
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