Kirby, William National Historic Person
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Location of the plaque
© Parks Canada / Parcs Canada, 1989
Address :
26 Queen Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1946-05-15
Life Date:
1817 to 1906
Other Name(s):
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Kirby, William
(Designation Name)
Importance:
Journalist, novelist, poet, historian, "Annals of Niagara", 1896
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: on right hand pillar of front entrance to Town Hall 26 Queen Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Journalist, poet, novelist, historian
Author of "The Golden Dog" (Le Chien d"Or), and other works
Born in Kingston-upon-Hull, England, 13th October, 1817
Died at Niagara, 23rd June, 1906
Existing plaque: On the wall of the Public Library Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Born in England, Kirby emigrated to the United States in 1832 and to Canada in 1839. Having lived in Quebec and Montreal, he settled in Niagara where for 20 years he edited the Niagara Mail and was Collector of Customs. His prinicipal fame rests upon a novel about old Quebec, The Golden Dog ( 1877), which has been published in thirty editions and which was translated into French by Pamphile Lemay. He died at Niagara-on-the-Lake.