Marilyn Bell

Marilyn Bell

female, 72 years old
athletic, Ontario athlete, Winnie Roach, Long-distance swimming, lamprey, Canadian National Exhibition…LakeOntario, Ontario sportspeople, Member of the Order of Ontario
Marilyn Bell, (born October 19, 1937) is a retired Canadian long distance swimmer, born in Toronto. She was the first person to swim across Lake...
William Lyon MacKenzie

William Lyon MacKenzie

male, deceased (1861)
Scottish migrant to Ontario, welland canal, Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada, Canadian, dundee, Canadian historical figure…LakeOntario
William Lyon Mackenzie (March 12, 1795 - August 28, 1861) was a Scottish-Canadian journalist, politician, and leader of an unsuccessful rebellion....
Isaac Chauncey

Isaac Chauncey

male, deceased (1840)
hornet, United States Navy officer, British, United States Army, chauncey, war of 1812…LakeOntario
Isaac Chauncey (20 February 1779 - 27 January 1840) was an officer in the United States Navy. Chauncey, born in Black Rock, Connecticut, 20...

Étienne Brûlé

male, deceased (1633)
Champigny-sur-Marne, Penetanguishene, Fur trade, lake superior, Explorer of Canada, Jesuit…lake erie, lake huron, From Hamilton, Ontario, LakeOntario
Étienne Brûlé (c. 1592 (Champigny-sur-Marne, France) - c. June 1633 (Toanche, on the Penetanguishene peninsula, Ontario)) was a French explorer in...
John Bartram

John Bartram

male, deceased (1777)
Botanist, quaker, ohio river, american philosophical society, botany, Botanists active in North America…LakeOntario
John Bartram (May 23, 1699 O.S., Darby, Pennsylvania - September 22, 1777, Philadelphia) was an American botanist. Carolus Linnaeus said he was the...
James Lucas Yeo

James Lucas Yeo

male, deceased (1818)
British military personnel of the War of 1812, From Southampton, Great Lakes, Napoleonic Wars, post captain, HMS Southampton…LakeOntario
Sir James Lucas Yeo (October 7 1782 - 21 August 1818) was a British Naval commander who served in the War of 1812. Yeo was born in Southampton...
John Hamilton

John Hamilton

male, deceased (1882)
Ontario politician, Scottish Canadian, conservative, conservative party of canada, Canadian senator, robert…From Ontario, From Kingston, Ontario, LakeOntario, from Niagara Region, Ontario
John Hamilton (1802 - 10 October 1882) was a businessman, a political figure in Upper Canada and member of the Canadian Senate. He was born in...

John Bradstreet

male, deceased (1774)
Kingdom of Great Britain, Lieutenant colonel, British, French and Indian War, Army Officer, LakeOntario
John Bradstreet (21 December 1714 - September 25, 1774) was a Lieutenant Colonel in the French and Indian War who helped Britain gain control of...
Henry Eckford

Henry Eckford

male, deceased (1832)
USS General Pike, Trippe, General Pike, USS Mohawk, USS Lady of the Lake, men-of-war…lady of the lake, LakeOntario
Henry Eckford was born in Irvine, Scotland, March 12, 1775 and died in Constantinople, November 12, 1832. He was a shipbuilder and United States...
Florence Chadwick

Florence Chadwick

female, deceased (1995)
Canadian, swimmer, Long distance swimmer, American, From San Diego, English Channel…LakeOntario
Florence May Chadwick (born November 9, 1918 - died March 15, 1995) was an American swimmer who was the first woman ever to cross the English...