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The Higginson Tower

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_______________________________________________________________ The Higginson Observation Tower represents the many positive contributions to Vankleek Hill made by Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Higginson (1794 -1884), an emigrant from County Antrim, Ireland, who left Ireland in 1819 and settled in Vankleek Hill in 1829. The Higginson Observation Tower was constructed by Higginson as a windmill in c. 1830 for grinding wheat and corn to further the commercial development of Vankleek Hill and the immediate district. When this project failed due to lack of consistent wind power, Higginson, (commissioned lieutenant in the Prescott Regiment on April 23, 1839) transformed the mill into the first private observatory in Eastern Ontario. _______________________________________________________________ La Tour d'observation Higginson illustre les nombreuses contributions du lieutenant-colonel Thomas Higginson, un Irlandais natif du comté d’Antrim qui émigra au Canada en 1819 et qui s’installa à Vankleek Hill en 1829. En 1830, lors de sa construction par M. Thomas Higginson (1794-1884), la Tour d'observation Higginson servait de moulin à vent pour moudre le blé et le maïs tout en améliorant le développement commercial de la région immédiate de Vankleek Hill. Suite à l’échec de ce projet en raison de l’insuffisance du vent, l’on attribue à Monsieur Thomas Higginson, (nommé lieutenant au régiment de Prescott le 23 avril 1839) la transformation de ce moulin à vent en premier observatoire privé de l’Est l'Ontarien.
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