Farley Mowat Boat Roofed House

A monument to farley mowat is located on the east side of the ganaraska river.

Farley mowat boat roofed house.

The monument officially opened in 2006 and. 1000 towns of canada. Farley mowat died may 6 2014 at the age of ninety two. Built ten years ago this permanent structure will be ceremoniously dismantled and professionally reassembled at its new location in eastside ganaraska park near the public library.

Mark s anglican church cemetery in port hope. His ashes are interred at the historic st. The2oldguyswalking would like to thank the stone wallers for their time answering our questions and posing for pictures as we checked in on their progress every day of the week for this post. A decade ago a permanent monument dedicated to port hope resident and author farley mowat was built on private land.

In a way this dry stone boat roofed house installation not only synthesizes the long history of building with stone in canada but it also looks back over the career of farley mowat and stands as a monument to the many wonderful books he has written. Farley mowat writer and environmentalist was a long time resident of port hope ontario until he died in 2014. A monument to the author named boat roofed house or viking house is located on the east side of the ganaraska river near walk bridge over the river. It is a reproduction of a boat roofed house mentioned in his book the farfarers 1998.

Commonly known as the boat roofed house this structure is considered to be the largest monument in the world dedicated to this renowned author. Farley mcgill mowat oc may 12 1921 may 6 2014 was a canadian writer and environmentalist his works were translated into 52 languages and he sold more than 17 million books. While the boat that wouldn t float written by farley in the 1980 s stands as an earlier. The farley mowat boat roofed house is currently located on private property at 20 catherine street in port hope ontario and is considered the largest monument dedicated to farley mowat in the world.

Plans are ramping up to relocate what is considered to be the largest monument to farley in the world the farley mowat boat roofed house to a new permanent home near the banks of the ganaraska river in port hope. Sunday october 9 featured a farley mowat display and refreshments in the library and was followed by the re dedication of the boat roofed house at 3 p m. It is a reproduction of a boat roofed house mentioned in his book the farfarers 1998. The latter an account of his experiences with wolves in the arctic was made.

Farley mowat at the uveiling of the commemorative plaque for the boat roofed house on october 18 2006 photo.