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John Elliott Woolford Diane Wolford Sheppard © 2014 All Rights Reserved 1 John Elliott Woolford Compiled by Diane Wolford Sheppard John Elliott Woolford was born 1778 in London, England, and died 1866 in Fredericton, N.B. He was an artist, architect, and topographical draftsman. In 1821, he accompanied George Ramsay, earl of Dalhousie and Governor General of Canada on his tour of Lower Canada and Upper Canada as far as Lake Superior. You can read his biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. 1 All of the following representative paintings depict scenes on the Great Lakes or on the Ottawa River route to Lake Huron. In addition to Bing and Google Images, you can view Woolford’s art at the following site: Artefacts Canada: http://www.rcip-chin.gc.ca/bd-dl/artefacts- eng.jsp?emu=en.artefacts:/ws/human/user/www/SearchForm&searchType=advanced&currLang=English. Enter the name of the artist in the “who box” and then chose how the results are displayed 1 http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/woolford_john_elliott_9E.html
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John Elliott Woolford
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John Elliott Woolford
Compiled by Diane Wolford Sheppard
John Elliott Woolford was born 1778 in London, England, and died 1866 in Fredericton, N.B. He was an artist, architect, and topographical
draftsman. In 1821, he accompanied George Ramsay, earl of Dalhousie and Governor General of Canada on his tour of Lower Canada and Upper
Canada as far as Lake Superior. You can read his biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online.1
All of the following representative paintings depict scenes on the Great Lakes or on the Ottawa River route to Lake Huron. In addition to Bing
and Google Images, you can view Woolford’s art at the following site:
Artefacts Canada: http://www.rcip-chin.gc.ca/bd-dl/artefacts-
eng.jsp?emu=en.artefacts:/ws/human/user/www/SearchForm&searchType=advanced&currLang=English. Enter the name of the artist in the “who
box” and then chose how the results are displayed
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Port Portlock, Lake Huron
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Amherstburg, Looking up the River Amherstburg
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Falls of Niagara, at Foot of the American Side
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Fort Gratiot, St. Clair River
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Falls of St. Mary's, Lake Superior, American Side Sault-Sainte-Marie
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Chaudière Falls, Philemon Wright's on the Ottawa
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Drummond's Island, Lake Huron
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Petite Rivière Joins Ottawa near Lake Nipissing
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Amherstburg, Looking down the River Amherstburg
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Falls au Chat on the Ottawa
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Gros Cap, Lake Superior
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City of Detroit, Michigan
