City of Owen Sound

City of Owen Sound

Interpretive Plaques

 

 

Inner Harbour Tour Plaques

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1.  The Propeller Capital of Canada - East Inner Harbour
2.  The Crossing of the Bar - East Inner Harbour
3.  A Drowned Valley - East Inner Harbour
4.  The Renewal of a Port - East Inner Harbour
5.  The Hindman Transportation Company - West Inner Harbour
6.  The Gateway to the West - West Inner Harbour
7.  The Naming of the Bay - West Inner Harbour
8.  The Turkey Trail - West Inner Harbour
43.  Ancaster Tug - Marine & Rail Museum, 1155 1st Ave West

Local Heroes Plaques

9.  Agnes Campbell Macphail - City Hall, South End, Local Heroes Square
10.  Henry Norman Bethune - City Hall, South End, Local Heroes Square
11.  Billy Bishop - City Hall, South End, Local Heroes Square
12.  Thomas John Thomson - City Hall, South End, Local Heroes Square
13.  John "Daddy" Hall - City Hall, Front Entrance
14.  Tommy Holmes - City Hall, South End, Local Heroes Square
15.  Harry "Apple Cheeks" Lumley - Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre - South Entrance
16.  Major David Vivian Currie - Sidewalk pod on the west side of 2nd Avenue East midway between 7th & 8th Streets East (opposite of the Grey Granite Club).

Historic Owen Sound Plaques

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17.  St. George's Anglican Church - Intersection of 10th Street & 4th Avenue East
18.  Church of the Nazarene - Intersection of 10th Street & 4th Avenue East
19.  First Baptist Church - Intersection of 10th Street & 4th Avenue East
20.  Division Street United Church - Intersection of 10th Street & 4th Avenue East
21.  Damnation Corners - Intersection of 10th Street East and 3rd Avenue East
22.  Centennial Tower - Centennial Tower, Highway 6 & 10
23.  The Sydenham River - On the Sydenham riverbank behind the YMCA
24.  Owen Sound: A Dreamcrafting Community - Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre - South Entrance
25.  One Weekend in April... - Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre - South Lobby
26.  Climbing the Ladder - Fish Style - Owen Sound Mill Dam & Fish Ladder
27.  Emancipation Day in Owen Sound - Harrison Park - Black History Cairn
28.  Black History Cairn - Harrison Park - Black History Cairn
29.  Black History Cairn - Quilt Blocks - Harrison Park - Black History Cairn
30.  Black Community of Owen Sound - Harrison Park - Black History Cairn
31.  The Kennedy Whistle - Marine & Rail Museum
32.  First United Church - 435 21st Street West
33.  Greenwood Cemetery - 190 1st Street SW
34.  The Chapel - 190 1st Street SW
35.  Owen Sound Collegiate & Vocational Institute - sidewalk on east side of 5th Avenue East just south of 10th Street East
36.  The Queen’s Hotel - sidewalk on east side of 3rd Avenue East just south of 8th Street East
37.  The Salvation Army - parking lot, west side of 3rd Avenue East just south of 10th Street East
38.  The Photomosaic Project - ScotiaBank Parkette, east side of 2nd Avenue East midway between 8th & 9th Streets East
39.  The Pharmacists - sidewalk on west side of 1st Avenue West just north of 10th Street West
40.  The Corbet Foundry - sidewalk on west side of 1st Avenue West north of 10th Street West
41.  The CPR Bridge - County Rail Trail south of Hwy 26, access south from 20th Street East, just east of Transcontinental Printing, or north from 8th Street East, just east of the Hospital
42.  Owen Sound Cenotaph - Queen's Park, 1st Ave West just north of 8th St bridge

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