The Simcoes of Upper Canada
Niagara Falls, Elizabeth Simcoe
"... These scenes have afforded me so much delight that I class this day with those in which I remember to have felt the greatest pleasure from fine objects, whether of Art or Nature ... " Elizabeth Simcoe, 1793 |
Summer is scattered with holidays. This Monday is Simcoe Day, or Civic Holiday, for most Ontarians, named in honour of the first Lieutenant-Governor, John Graves Simcoe, of Upper Canada (1791-1796.)
His wife, Elizabeth Simcoe, recorded her impressions of Canada through a diary, sketches and watercolors.
The Simcoes returned to England, in 1796.
