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McCrae House, located in Guelph, Ontario, is the birthplace of John McCrae (b. 1872 – d. 1918), doctor, soldier and author of the famous First World War poem "In Flanders Fields". The house is a National Historic Site of Canada .
McCrae House at 108 Water Street is also part of the Guelph Museums. [7] It is the birthplace of John McCrae, the author of the famous poem In Flanders Fields, written during World War I. He was a prominent figure in Canada’s history, and thus, his house was preserved in remembrance of him and of his life and times. [12]
The cairn and plaque to John Macdonell does not refer to a National Historic Person, but is erected because his home, Glengarry House, is a National Historic Site. [2] [3] Similarly, the plaque to John Guy officially marks not a Person, but an Event—the Landing of John Guy. [4]
McCrae was born in McCrae House in Guelph, Ontario to Lieutenant-Colonel David McCrae and Janet Simpson Eckford; he was the grandson of Scottish immigrants from Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire. His father had served with the Guelph Home Guard during the Fenian raids , and was a member of the Guelph city council and a director of The North ...
Guelph (/ ˈ ɡ w ɛ l f / ⓘ GWELF; 2021 Canadian Census population 143,740) [3] is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.Known as The Royal City, it is roughly 22 km (14 mi) east of Kitchener and 70 km (43 mi) west of Downtown Toronto, at the intersection of Highway 6, Highway 7 and Wellington County Road 124.
Guelph (University of Guelph Arboretum) Episode summary. At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to travel to Guelph, Ontario. After teams landed at the Toronto airport, they found their next clue in a marked car instructing them to take a moment in observance of John McCrae and the Canadian soldiers of World War I at the McCrae House.
Guelph (formerly Guelph—Wellington) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. This riding has had a Liberal MP since 1993. [2] From 2008 until his decision not to run in 2015, the riding's parliamentary seat was held by Liberal MP Frank Valeriote.
Early on the morning of December 15, 1813, a mixed group of men from the Loyal Kent Volunteers, Provincial Dragoons, Middlesex Militia, and Norfolk Militia scaled the icy banks of the Thames River to advance on a group of soldiers from the 26th U.S. Infantry who had taken up a post in the house of Thomas McCrae, a Captain in the 1st Kent Militia. [3]