Captain Daniel Rapelje 1774-1828

Photo by Alan L Brown - August 28, 2004

Plaque Location

The County of Elgin
The City of St. Thomas
On the NE corner of Talbot Street and Mondamin Street

Plaque Text

Emigrating from New York State to the Long Point Settlement in 1802, Rapelje later received 80 ha of land on the south side of the Talbot Road at Kettle Creek. He settled here with his family in 1810. A veteran of Lundy's Lane and other battles of the War of 1812, he became a captain in the 1st Middlesex Militia. In 1814 he built a log grist-mill and subsequently divided a portion of his land into town lots. The settlement that Rapelje established formed the nucleus of the city of St. Thomas.

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