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IN GRATEFUL APPRECIATION
OF THE LIFE AND WORKS OF
TOLER THOMPSON
WHOSE SKILFUL SYSTEM OF
DRAINAGE CANALS AND
DYKES CHANGED THE
TANTRAMAR MARSHLANDS
FROM A WASTELAND INTO A
PRODUCTIVE AREA FOR HIS
OWN AND SUCCEEDING
GENERATIONS.
ERECTED BY THE
FOLLOWING DESCENDANTS - 1972.

[Names follow]
[Tombstone on reverse side]
Marker placed by Thompson descendants, in 1972.
On Toler Thompson (1780-1846), and his contribution to the draining of the marshes, see

Milner, W.C., History of Sackville New Brunswick (Sackville, N.B.: The Tribune Press, 1934), pp. 166-169 (also available online at History of Sackville New Brunswick);

Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Vol. VII, pp. 854,855;

Bill Hamilton, "The Legacy of Toler Thompson," Sackville Tribune-Post, 22 November 2000, p.6.

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