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Dave Benson

Dave Benson is a Heritage Coordinator for the Municipality of Chatham-Kent.

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Hill House, built circa 1855 by Hiram Hill, owner of the Morpeth Dockyard. This Italianate residence provides confirmation of the affluence early Great Lakes shipping and Chatham-Kent agriculture created for people in the mid-19th century. (Photo: Dan Reaume)
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A military encampment at Tecumseh Park, c. 1885. Tecumseh Park has been a military reserve since 1794 when Simcoe ordered the establishment of a shipyard on this site.
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The history of Chatham-Kent

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