Brymner, Douglas National Historic Person

Ottawa, Ontario
Douglas Brymner, (Dominion Archivist) July 3, 1823 - June 18, 1902. © Topley Studio / Library and Archives Canada | Bibliothèque et Archives Canada / PA-025824
Douglas Brymner, 1895
© Topley Studio / Library and Archives Canada | Bibliothèque et Archives Canada / PA-025824
Douglas Brymner, (Dominion Archivist) July 3, 1823 - June 18, 1902. © Topley Studio / Library and Archives Canada | Bibliothèque et Archives Canada / PA-025824Detailed view of the HSMBC plaque commemorating the important Canadian © Parks Canada / Parcs Canada, 1988
Address : 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario

Recognition Statute: Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date: 1938-05-19
Life Date: 1823 to 1902

Other Name(s):
  • Brymner, Douglas  (Designation Name)

Importance: First Dominion Archivist, established the Public Archives of Canada (1872)

Plaque(s)


Plaque Removed:  395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario

To commemorate the public services and sterling character of Douglas Brymner, LL. D., F. R. S. C., first Dominion Archivist, whose historical acumen and unflagging industry over a period of thirty years contributed in such large measure to the establishment of the Public Archives of Canada.