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Photographs of
Dawson Plaques

Sir John William Dawson
1820 – 1899

George Mercer Dawson
1849 – 1901


Pictou
Pictou County
Nova Scotia

Located at the intersection of Church Street and George Street

GPS location:   45°40'38"N   62°42'36"W


Pictou: Dawson plaques


Pictou: Sir John William Dawson plaque
This monument was officially unveiled on 30 October 1957, as a memorial
to Sir J.W. Dawson. The second plaque, for G.M. Dawson, was added in 1961.


Pictou: George Mercer Dawson plaque
1961


The above photographs were taken on 5 May 2003.




Links to Relevant Websites

George Mercer Dawson Dictionary of Canadian Biography
    http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=40789


George Mercer Dawson Wikipedia
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mercer_Dawson


George M. Dawson by Dave Birrell, Peaks of the Canadian Rockies
    http://www.peakfinder.com/people.asp?
          PersonsName=Dawson%2C+George+M.


Sir John William Dawson Dictionary of Canadian Biography
    http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=40181


John William Dawson Wikipedia
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Dawson


Sir J. William Dawson Nova Scotia Museum
    http://museum.gov.ns.ca/fossils/finders/dawson.htm


Online Books
by Sir John William Dawson
(1820 – 1899)

Sir John William Dawson:
The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science
      First page (438 pages in all)

page images at MOA (Making of America), University of Michigan


Sir John William Dawson:
Educated Women: The Substance of an Address Delivered
Before the Delta Sigma Society of McGill University (1889)
      First page (16 pages in all)

page images at canadiana.org


Sir John William Dawson:
The Higher Education of Women
in Connection With McGill University (c. 1884)
      First page (12 pages in all)

page images at canadiana.org


Sir John William Dawson:
An Ideal College for Women: An Address Delivered
Before the Delta Sigma Society of McGill University (1894)
      First page (16 pages in all)

page images at canadiana.org


Sir John William Dawson:
Nature and the Bible: A course of lectures delivered
in New York (1874)
      First page (257 pages in all)

page images at MOA (Making of America), University of Michigan


Sir John William Dawson:
Report on the Higher Education of Women:
Presented to the Corporation of McGill University (1884)
      First page (14 pages in all)

page images at canadiana.org


Sir John William Dawson:
Thoughts on the Higher Education of Women:
the Introductory Lecture to the First Session of the Classes of
the Ladies' Education Association of Montreal (1871)
      First page (14 pages in all)

page images at canadiana.org


Online Books
by George Mercer Dawson
(1849 – 1901)

George Mercer Dawson:
Notes and Observations on the Kwakiool People
of Vancouver Island (1888)
      First page (36 pages in all)

page images at canadiana.org


George Mercer Dawson:
Notes on the Indian Tribes of the Yukon District and
Adjacent Northern Portion of British Columbia (c.1887)
      First page (23 pages in all)

page images at canadiana.org


George Mercer Dawson:
Notes on the Shuswap People of British Columbia (c.1891)
      First page (44 pages in all)

page images at canadiana.org


George Mercer Dawson:
Sketches of the Past and Present Condition
of the Indians of Canada (c.1877)
      First page (31 pages in all)

page images at canadiana.org


George Mercer Dawson and William Fraser Tolmie:
Comparative Vocabularies of the Indian Tribes of
British Columbia: With a Map... (1884)
      First page (131 pages in all)

page images at canadiana.org






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


New Glasgow: Westray Miners Memorial Park Westray Miners Memorial Park New Glasgow
    http://ns1763.ca/pictouco/westraymem.html

Westville: Miners Memorial monument 1891 Miners Memorial monument 1891 Westville
    http://ns1763.ca/pictouco/westvminem.html

Trenton: Workers Monument Workers Monument Trenton
    http://ns1763.ca/pictouco/trentwrkm.html

Stellarton: Sobeys Industrial Monument Sobeys Industrial Monument Stellarton
    http://ns1763.ca/pictouco/sobeyindmon.html

Stellarton war memorial Stellarton war memorial Stellarton
    http://ns1763.ca/pictouco/stellarwar.html

New Glasgow: Pictou Highlanders obelisk Pictou Highlanders obelisk New Glasgow
    http://ns1763.ca/pictouco/picthighlanders.html

New Glasgow: War memorial monument New Glasgow war memorial New Glasgow
    http://ns1763.ca/pictouco/newglaswar.html

Westville war memorial Westville war memorial Westville
    http://ns1763.ca/pictouco/westwarmem.html

Admiral Murray monument Admiral Murray monument Pictou Landing
    http://ns1763.ca/pictouco/admmurray.html

Walmsley Lodge 1785 monument Walmsley Lodge 1785 monument Pictou Landing
    http://ns1763.ca/pictouco/masonic1st.html

Little Harbour: 82nd Regiment 1779-1783, plaque 82nd Regiment 1779-1783, plaque Little Harbour
    http://ns1763.ca/pictouco/littlehbrm.html

Stellarton WW1 memorial plaque Stellarton WW1 memorial plaque Stellarton
    http://ns1763.ca/pictouco/stellarplqww1.html

Admiral Leonard Murray memorial Admiral Leonard Murray memorial Pictou
    http://ns1763.ca/pictouco/murraymemorial.html

Pictou County Acadians, River John Pictou County Acadians, 1700s River John
    http://ns1763.ca/pictouco/rjohn-pcacc.html

Pictou County Acadians, Caribou Island Pictou County Acadians, 1700s Caribou Island
    http://ns1763.ca/pictouco/caribacadsign.html

Caribou Island war memorial Baird Family memorial Caribou Island
    http://ns1763.ca/pictouco/caribouwarm.html

River John: War memorial monument River John war memorial River John
    http://ns1763.ca/pictouco/riverjohn.html

River John: Legion Remembrance Gardens Legion Remembrance Gardens River John
    http://ns1763.ca/pictouco/rijohnrg.html

Cross Roads Country Harbour war memorial Cross Roads Country Harbour war memorial Cross Roads Country Harbour
    http://ns1763.ca/guysbco/crossroads-ch.html

Moose River Gold Mine Moose River Gold Mine collapse Moose River Gold Mines
    http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/moosegoldm.html

Antigonish Memorial Field Memorial Field Antigonish
    http://ns1763.ca/antgnco/antigonishwwtwo.html

Colin Chisholm Park Colin Chisholm Park Antigonish
    http://ns1763.ca/antgnco/chisholmpark.html

Anna Swan monument Anna Swan monument Central New Annan
    http://ns1763.ca/colchco/swanamon.html


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