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Sir Robert Laird Borden

Prime Minister of Canada
1911 – 1920

Photographs of
Monument

Grand Pre
Kings County
Nova Scotia


Located on the south side of Highway One at the Grand Pre intersection,
opposite the Irving service station

GPS location:   45°06'10"N   64°18'17"W


Sir Robert Borden monument, Grand Pre
Sir Robert Borden monument
Grand Pre, Kings County, Nova Scotia
Photographed 30 September 2002


Sir Robert Borden plaque, Grand Pre
Sir Robert Borden plaque, Grand Pre
Plaque installed 1954
Photographed 11 December 2002


Grand Pre, Nova Scotia: Map showing location of the Sir Robert Borden monument
Map showing the location of the Sir Robert Borden monument
Grand Pre, Kings County, Nova Scotia

Roads are shown as they were in 1956. Except for Highway 101, the
layout of the roads in 2006 has not changed much from that shown here.




Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden, a great internationalist,
was the chief architect of Canada's independence.

— Heath Macquarrie, emeritus senator, in a letter to the editor
printed in The Globe and Mail on 4 January 2000.
Robert Laird Borden, Prime Minister of Canada 1911-1920, was born at Grand Pre,
Kings County, Nova Scotia, on 26 June 1854; he died at Ottawa on 10 June 1937.
He was a leading figure in the achievement of Dominion Status, and in the transition
from the British Empire to the British Commonwealth of Nations. His leadership during
World War One was remarkable...
[The Canadian Encyclopedia, Year 2000 Edition
McClelland & Stewart Inc., Toronto, 1999]


Links to Relevant Websites

Sir Robert Laird Borden by Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
    http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=42133


Sir Robert Laird Borden by Wikipedia
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Borden


Sir Robert Laird Borden by Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
    http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/department/history/borden-en.asp


Robert Laird Borden
    http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/R/Ro/Robert_Laird_Borden.htm


New England Planters And Borden Genealogy Berwick Register, 1 July 1954
"...a monument is being constructed at Grand Pre to commemorate
the centennial of his birth on the 26th of this month of June..." (1954)
    http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbrnep/leoracrosswork5.htm

(This is the monument seen above.)





Photographs of War Memorials, Historic Monuments and Plaques in Nova Scotia
    http://ns1763.ca/remem/plaques.html


Harold Borden monument Harold Borden monument, 1900 Canning
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/borden_h.html

Monument: 1747 Attack at Grand Pre Monument: 1747 Attack at Grand Pre Grand Pre
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/attack1747.html

Planters monument Planters monument Horton Landing
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/plantermon.html

Acacia Villa School cairn Acacia Villa School monument Hortonville
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/avschool.html

John Frederick Herbin memorial at Grand Pre J.F. Herbin memorial Grand Pre
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/herbin_jf.html

Wolfville: 1967 Centennial Project 1967 Willow Park plaque Wolfville
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/wolfwillow.html

Abraham Gesner monument Abraham Gesner monument Chipman Corner
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/gesnermem.html

Acadia U. Memorial Gym Acadia U. Memorial Gym Wolfville
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/acadiamemgym.html

Wolfville war memorial Wolfville war memorial
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/wolfmem.html

Canning war memorial Canning war memorial
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/cannmem.html

Kentville Legion war memorial Kentville Legion war memorial Kentville
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/kentlegion.html

Kentville Park war memorial Kentville Park war memorial Kentville
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/kentmem.html

North Mountain airplane crash memorial North Mountain airplane crash memorial Brow of Mountain
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/browmtn.html

Alfred Fuller Memorial Alfred Fuller memorial Somerset
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/fullermon.html

Hants County war memorial Hants County war memorial Windsor
    http://ns1763.ca/hantsco/hantsco2wwmem.html

Ellershouse war memorial Ellershouse war memorial
    http://ns1763.ca/hantsco/ellermem.html

Mount Uniacke war memorial Mount Uniacke war memorial
    http://ns1763.ca/hantsco/uniacmem.html

Halifax war memorial, Grand Parade Halifax war memorial The Cenotaph, Grand Parade
    http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/hfxwarmem.html

Welsford-Parker monument Welsford-Parker monument, Crimean War Halifax
    http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/crimeamon.html

Arthur W.H. Eaton tombstone Arthur W.H. Eaton tombstone Kentville
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/eatonawh.html

Marguerite Woodworth tombstone Marguerite Woodworth tombstone Church Street
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/woodworth.html

Prescott House, Starrs Point Prescott House Starrs Point
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/prescottcr.html

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  Hits per calendar month
       2006 Feb    268
       2006 Jan    288

       2005 Dec    205
       2005 Nov    352
       2005 Oct    353
       2005 Sep    147
       2005 Aug     44
       2005 Jul     58
       2005 Jun    159
       2005 May    229
       2005 Apr    244
       2005 Mar    230
       2005 Feb    231
       2005 Jan    323

       2004 Dec    201
       2004 Nov    378
       2004 Oct    367
       2004 Sep    120
       2004 Aug     33
       2004 Jul     79
       2004 Jun    188
       2004 May    292
       2004 Apr    310
       2004 Mar    383
       2004 Feb    327
       2004 Jan    371

       2003 Dec    202
       2003 Nov    414
       2003 Oct    348
       2003 Sep    177
       2003 Aug     19
       2003 Jul     54
       2003 Jun    187
       2003 May    281
       2003 Apr    195

In the above monthly hits report, note the large traffic component attributable to students.
In July and August of each year, when the schools are closed, traffic is sharply reduced.


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