A plan is afoot to install another dozen or so plaques commemorating Creemore’s heritage and organizers want to hear from the community as to the subject matter.
There are already 13 plaques installed throughout the village on the topics of Champlain’s visit in 1616, the nearby 400-year-old Petun settlement, village settler Edward Webster, early entrepreneur and pharmacist William Corbett, cobbler George Kembar, Creemore Springs Brewery founder John Wiggins, investor Jim Vandewater, the Creemore cemetery, lumber mills on the Mad River, the railroad and Creemore’s log cabin.
In partnership with the Purple Hills Arts and Heritage Society and Creemore Springs Brewery, a committee of five volunteers is adding more plaques to commemorate some of the sites and people not included in the first round and they are asking the public for suggestions.
“From the beginning, it was intended that these first 13 were only a beginning,” said Chris Raible. “There are many more historically significant places, persons and events in Creemore’s history.”
Raible (705-466-2261) is joined on the committee by Helen Blackburn (705-466-5195), Gerry Blackburn (705-466-2629), Dorothy Shropshire (705-466-2315) and Paul Vorstermans (705-466-2756).
People are encouraged to call any of the committee members with recommendations as to the subject matter and location.
Suggestions can also be made by e-mail to chrisraible1@gmail.com and in writing, to be dropped off at The Creemore Echo or the Creemore branch of the Clearview Public Library.
To read all of the plaques, visit phahs.ca.