Cornwall's Historic Waterfront

Posted 
on Aug 06, 2014
 

Cornwall's Historic Waterfront

We were delighted to welcome local artist Pierre Giroux as our guest speaker. Pierre spoke about the interpretive plaques he is designing for a Historic Waterfront Walking Tour. The plaques feature watercolour paintings of a moment in Cornwall's history with photographs and text superimposed using photoshop. 
 
This painting shows the swing bridge ca. 1900 (before the 1908 collapse). ​
 

Left:  The Cornwall canal and dry docks
 
Right: He is showing off the military panel, The painting is of the 1866 Fenian Raid but details Cornwall's extensive military history from the Loyalist founding of the city through the War of 1812 and both World Wars.