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      The Founding of Brantford In the 1820's significant improvements to the Hamilton and London road attracted settlers to the Indian lands at Brant's Ford where this thoroughfare crossed the Grand River. A thriving village soon developed and in 1830 the Six Nations surrendered its site. The opening ...

      Plaque at the site of the first telephone business office in Canada, located at 94 Tutela Heights Rd, Brantford, Ontario.

      Dr. Augusta Stowe Gullen 1857 - 1943 Canada's first woman graduate in medicine was born in Mount Pleasant. She attended the Toronto School of Medicine, received her degree from Victoria University in 1883, and was licensed to practise. Her mother, Dr. Emily Howard Stowe, had graduated in New York ...

      Plaque at the Brant County Courthouse, located at 70 Wellington Street, Brantford, Ontario.

      Plaque marking the birthplace of Adelaide Hunter Hoodless.

      Robert Kennedy Duncan 1868 - 1914 Born in Brantford and receiving his early education here and in Mitchell, Ontario, Duncan was graduated in 1891 from University of Toronto with first class honours in Chemistry and Physics. Pursuing advanced studies in Europe and the United States, he received an ...

      Royal Canadian College of Organists One of Canada's oldest national associations of musicians, the Royal Canadian College of Organists was established in 1909 following an organizational meeting held here in the former Conservatory of Music. Dedicated to elevating the standards and promoting the ...

     

      Sara Jeannette Duncan 1861-1922 An internationally renowned author, Duncan was raised in the adjacent house and educated locally. She taught school briefly, but then determinedly turned to journalism, gaining notice for her distinctive and witty writing style. In 1890 Duncan published her first ...

      St. Paul's 1785 H.M. Chapel of the Mohawks This chapel, the first Protestant church in Ontario, was built by the Crown for the Mohawks of the Six Nations Iroquois who settled here in 1784. It replaced the Queen Anne Chapel (1712) at Fort Hunter, New York, which the Mohawks lost, …

      PRESTON PARK A memorial to the late T.H. Preston A resident of this city from 1890 to 1925 Provided for the people of Brantford by the Board of Parks Commissioners and the family of Mr. Preston.

      Norman Duncan 1871 - 1916 Born in Brantford and later living in Mitchell, Duncan attended University of Toronto 1891-95. He followed his brother Robert to U.S.A. and received his Litt. D. from University of Pittsburgh and professorships in rhetoric and Eng. Lit at two large universities, later ...

      The Ontario School for the Blind In 1869, on the recommendation of the Rev. Egerton Ryerson, Superintendent of Education, funds were allocated to establish the first provincial school for blind children. The Ontario Institution for the Education of the Blind, which included nearby gate-keepers ...

      The Mohawk Institute The Mohawk Institute was established in 1831 for children of the Six Nations Iroquois living on the Grand River. Pupils from other native communities in Ontario attended the school as well. Like all Canadian residential schools, the Mohawk Institute tried to assimilate its ...

      Hon. George Brown 1818-1880 Across the Grand River at this point lies "Bow Park", once the farm of George Brown, a leading architect of Confederation, who built up an estate of some 800 acres beginning in 1866. A Scottish immigrant, Brown founded the Toronto "Globe" in 1844, the influential Reform …