Alfred Wellington Purdy was a 20th-century Canadian free verse poet. Purdy's writing career spanned fifty-six years. His works include thirty-nine books of poetry; a novel; two volumes of memoirs and four books of correspondence, in addition to his posthumous works. He has been called English Canada's "unofficial poet laureate" and "a national poet in a way that you only find occasionally in the life of a culture."
Al Purdy Memorial “Voice of the Land” by Sculptors Veronica and Edwin Dam de Nogales
Alfred Purdy Memorial “Voice of the Land” by Veronica and Edwin Dam de Nogales
Trenton is a large unincorporated community in Central Ontario in the municipality of Quinte West, Ontario, Canada. Located on the Bay of Quinte, it is the starting point for the Trent-Severn Waterway, which continues northwest to Peterborough and eventually Port Severn on Georgian Bay.
Dundas Street, the main road in Trenton
Lock One on the Trent-Severn Waterway at Trenton