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The de Puisaye Settlement 1799 - Historical Plaque

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Richmond Hill, Canada

Historical landmark

The de Puisaye Settlement 1799 - Historical Plaque Reviews | Rating 3.8 out of 5 stars (3 reviews)

The de Puisaye Settlement 1799 - Historical Plaque is located in Richmond Hill, Canada on 12025-12045 Yonge St. The de Puisaye Settlement 1799 - Historical Plaque is rated 3.8 out of 5 in the category historical landmark in Canada.

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Andrew Sebastian

Located in front of St. John's Anglican Church beside the flag pole. This plaque commemorates the French Royalist settlement that was on this site. Also of interest at this location is the church and cemetery. The plaque says; In the fall of 1798 some 40 exiled French Royalists under the leadership of Joseph-Genevieve, Comte de Puisaye (1754-1827), emigrated from England to Upper Canada. The following year they were given rations and agricultural implements and settled along Yonge Street in the townships of Markham and Vaughan. However, these members of the nobility and their servants were unable to adapt themselves to a pioneer existence and by 1806 their settlement, known as Windham, was abandoned. De Puisaye lived for a time on an estate near Niagara, but returned to England in 1802.

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Jacob G

10/10 would visit plaque again

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The Purple Oracle

Smells like fish

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