Local mayors, councillors and other attendees pose with the newly placed monument outside of the MRC office in Campbell’s Bay on Dec. 13. The stone had previously been near Hwy. 301, but was relocated during construction on the office.The Broken Arrow Drummers led several local mayors and attendees in a live rendition of the Eagle Song, as Warden Jane Toller, Pro-Warden Kim Cartier Villeneuve and Mayors Lynne Cameron and Doris Ranger look on.Denis Dupont smudges the new monument, in order to cleanse it.The Broken Arrow Drummers, Denis Dupont, Trevor Pierce and Sébastien Beaudoin, perform a song of prayer for the community.
CALEB NICKERSON
CAMPBELL’S BAY
Dec. 13, 2017
On Dec. 13, MRC employees, as well as local officials and residents met in Campbell’s Bay to celebrate the 170th anniversary of the county council’s first meeting.
The event was marked by the unveiling of a plaque embedded on a sizable stone, situated at the entrance of the MRC office. The monument was erected in 1947, to mark the 100th anniversary of the county council’s first sitting.
“The rock, as you remember was out on Highway 301, with all the construction it was moved to the back,” explained Pontiac Warden Jane Toller to the assembled officials and employees.
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