The Humble Stonemason Who Became a Nation Builder

The Humble Stonemason Who Became a Nation Builder
Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie in March 1878. CP Photo
C.P. Champion
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One day in the early summer of 1874, two gentlemen appeared unannounced at Fort Henry outside Kingston, Ontario. Today, the fort is a National Historic Site but in those days it was an active military installation, home to A Battery, Garrison Artillery (today part of the 1st Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery), and a gunnery school, among the first full-time permanent Canadian military elements.
C.P. Champion
C.P. Champion
Author
C.P. Champion, Ph.D., is the author of two books, was a fellow of the Centre for International and Defence Policy at Queen's University in 2021, and edits The Dorchester Review magazine, which he founded in 2011.