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°18'18"W
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Nova Scotia: Sir Robert Borden monument, Grand Pre
Sir Robert Borden monument
Grand Pre, Kings County, Nova Scotia

Photographed on 30 September 2002



Nova Scotia: Sir Robert Borden plaque, Grand Pre
Sir Robert Borden plaque, Grand Pre
Plaque installed 1954

Photographed on 11 December 2002



Nova Scotia: Sir Robert Borden monument, Grand Pre
Looking across Highway 1 from the Irving service station

Photographed on 18 June 2007



Nova Scotia, Map showing location of the Sir Robert Borden monument at Grand Pre
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.




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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]


Former Prince Edward Island Progressive Conservative MP and parliamentary secretary Heath Macquarrie — before 1957 he was a history professor at St. Dunstan's (now the University of Prince Edward Island) – could make history live.  I will never forget an afternoon in 1960 when, over rum and cokes, he kept me wide-eyed with his sweep of World War I and Canada's role at the Battle of Vimy Ridge.  Heath said that, two years later, in 1919, at the Versailles' Peace Talks, Prime Minister Robert Borden told the British there would be no back seat for Canada at the peace table when she had a front-row seat at Vimy Ridge.
– Pat MacAdam's column "Victory Set in Stone" in the Ottawa Sun, 8 April 2007



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


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.)





The Wayback Machine has archived copies of this webpage from the early days:
Sir Robert Laird Borden

Archived: 2004 June 30
http://web.archive.org/web/20040630083158/http://www.newscotland1398.net/kingsco/borden_rl.html

Archived: 2004 October 10
http://web.archive.org/web/20041010035506/http://www.newscotland1398.net/kingsco/borden_rl.html

Archived: 2005 March 09
http://web.archive.org/web/20050309070041/http://www.newscotland1398.net/kingsco/borden_rl.html

Archived: 2005 October 26
http://web.archive.org/web/20051026123956/http://newscotland1398.net/kingsco/borden_rl.html

Archived: 2006 February 07
http://web.archive.org/web/20060207134345/http://www.newscotland1398.net/kingsco/borden_rl.html


These links were accessed and found to be valid on 11 September 2007.







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


Sir Frederick Borden tombstone Sir Frederick Borden tombstone Hillaton
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/bordenfw.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 Memorial Park Kentville Memorial Park Kentville
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/kentmem.html


Sheffield Mills war memorial Sheffield Mills war memorial Sheffield Mills
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/sheffieldmills.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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First uploaded to the WWW:   2002 October 02
New photograph installed:   2002 December 18
New photograph installed:   2007 June 24
Added Google Map link:   2007 December 23
Latest update:   2010 May 10