Adolphus Egerton Ryerson was a Canadian educator, administrator, author, editor, and Methodist minister. He was a prominent contributor to the design of the Ontario public school system, for which he
Portrait of Ryerson by Théophile Hamel, c.1850–51
Egerton Ryerson, from an 1880 publication
Statue of Ryerson on Ryerson Campus, 2005
Walsh is a medium-sized hamlet in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.
Egerton Ryerson
…was not directly involved in founding or running of the residential school system, and predeceased its creation. Ryerson was born on 24 March 1803 in Charlotteville Township, Upper Canada, to Joseph Ryerson (1761–1854), a United Empire Loyalist, a Lieutenant in the Prince of Wales' American Volunteers from Passaic County…
Charlotteville Community Hall erected in 1868
This is the Walsh General Store, owned and operated by Mr. Colwell, as seen in the 1950s.
St. Michael's Catholic Church
Walsh Baptist Church; established 1876