John Graves Simcoe

<center>Here at Niagara on September 17, 1792<br> he presided over the first<br> representative assembly<br> of this province.<br><br> His genius foresaw the greatness of<br> this country and he threw himself<br> into its building with ardour and<br> enthusiasm. By his exalted aims, his<br> conspicuous integrity, his tireless<br> industry and unflagging fortitude<br> he brought courage to the hearts<br> of the early settlers and led them<br> to carve a civilization out of a<br> wilderness. In all this he was<br> unfailingly helped by his wife<br><br> <big>Elizabeth Posthuma Gwillim</big><br><br> who like her husband has left the<br> impress of her spirit and her<br> name on the letters and locations<br> of this province. Her diaries and<br> drawings give an authentic record<br> of the life of the period and the<br> aspect of the land<br><br> <big>Non Bibi Sed Patriae</big></center>