Our Generous Donors

The City of Brockville Railway Tunnel Committee expresses sincere gratitude to the following donors and partners:

DIAMOND BENEFACTORS   $500,000 and above

* Carolyn Sifton Foundation * City of Brockville  * Phillips Lighting Canada  * Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs  * Beatty Family Charitable Foundation, Canarm Limited, David and Anne Beatty

GOLD BENEFACTORS  $250,000 to $499,999 

BRONZE BENEFACTORS  $50,000 to $99,999

* Bob & Mavis Duthie  * Bruce & Donna Davy  * Cathy TeKamp in memory of Ben TeKamp  * Gene and Catherine Motluk  * David Beamish Family  * City of Brockville Legacy Fund  * Collett Surveying Ltd.  * Community Fund for Canada’s 150th  * Fetze and Clare Venema  *  Frontenac Biosphere Arch Network - Amazing Places Program  * Henderson Printing  * Linda and Alexander Darragh  * Roger and Sharon Crites  * Robin TeKamp and Greg McElrea  * T. D. Graham + Associates  * Bob Barbour  * Victoria and Jennifer Johnson  * The Mah Family - in memory of Ming Mah  * Tom Blanchard  * Doug and Shirley Ellis  * James McDonald and Michelle Arsenault  *  Brian and Renee Porter * Gordon Ellis

July 30, 2015 - Gord Brown, MP (third from right) with members of the City of Brockville Railway Tunnel Committee, after announcing $275,000 grant from the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program (photo by Mike McClintock).

December 15, 2015 - Representatives of the Rotary Clubs of Brockville announce $100,000 gift to support restoration of Canada's First Railway Tunnel and purchase of rubber tired tour train (photo by Ron Zajac).

April 20, 2016 - Dave LeSueur, with Drew Redden of Canadian National Railway, accompanied by John Taylor (chair, Brock Trail Committee) and Mike McClintock visit the former Grand Trunk Railway/CN property, site of phase two of Brockville's new Railway Tunnel Park (photo by Doug Grant).

May 24, 2016 - Dave LeSueur, Linda Eyre, Jay Martin, Graeme Sifton and Jack Kenny announce $200,000 gift from the Carolyn Sifton Foundation to fund purchase of the former Grand Trunk Railway/CN property for phase two of Brockville's new Railway Tunnel Park

May 20, 2016 - Mike McClintock, Jim Rawlings, Doug Smith, Linda Eyre, Dave LeSueur, Jay Martin, Graeme Sifton, George Smith, Jack Kenny, and Brian Porter announce $200,000 gift from the Carolyn Sifton Foundation to fund purchase of the former Grand Trunk Railway/CN property for phase two of Brockville's new Railway Tunnel Park.

June 24, 2016 - MP Gord Brown, Dave LeSueur and Linda Eyre announce $275,000 gift from the Thousand Islands Community Development Corporation, accompanied by Jack Kenny, Keith Hare, George Smith, Doug Grant, Doug Smith and Mike McClintock.

July 27, 2016 - David and Anne Beatty with Dave LeSueur announce $300,000 gift from the Beatty family and Canarm Limited at the Tunnel Committee's 66 King Street West information centre open house (photo by Doreen Barnes)

August 26, 2016 - Yves Desjardins-Siciliano (centre wearing vest), President & CEO, and Jacques Fauteux (far left), Director of Government and Community Relations, VIA Rail Canada, tour Canada's First Railway Tunnel, with Tunnel Committee members.

November 4, 2016 - The City of Brockville Railway Tunnel Committee honours early leadership donors to the campaign for restoration of Canada's First Railway Tunnel and Brockville's new Railway Tunnel Park, at Brockville Arts Centre concert to celebrate the Tunnel (photo by Andrew Kizell).

November 4, 2016 - Brockville Mayor David Henderson, with Graeme Sifton (president) and Jay Martin (secretary) of the Carolyn Sifton Foundation, accompanied by Gord Brown, MP, at Brockville Arts Centre concert to celebrate Canada's First Railway Tunnel (photo by Andrew Kizell).

November 4, 2016 - Jack Kenny and Conal Cosgrove with David Bouwers, President of Ford Electric, at Brockville Arts Centre concert to celebrate Canada's First Railway Tunnel (photo by Andrew Kizell).

November 4, 2016 - Yves Desjardins-Siciliano and Marie-Claude Langlois of VIA Rail Canada, with Linda Eyre, at Brockville Arts Centre concert to celebrate Canada's First Railway Tunnel (photo by Andrew Kizell).

November 4, 2016 - Ron Merkley (chair) and Tom Russell (executive director) of the Thousand Islands Community Development Corporation, at Brockville Arts Centre concert to celebrate Canada's First Railway Tunnel (photo by Andrew Kizell).

November 4, 2016 - Mary and Harry Preston with Bruce and Eileen Wylie, at Brockville Arts Centre concert to celebrate Canada's First Railway Tunnel (photo by Andrew Kizell).

November 4, 2016 - Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Miceli of Philips Lighting Canada, with Linda Eyre, at Brockville Arts Centre concert to celebrate Canada's First Railway Tunnel (photo by Andrew Kizell).

November 4, 2016 - Constable Michael Knorz (far right), of Canadian National Railway, accompanied by Ambrogio Croci, Dave LeSueur, and Rebecca Phillips-LeSueur, at Brockville Arts Centre concert to celebrate Canada's First Railway Tunnel (photo by Andrew Kizell).

November 4, 2016 - Graeme Sifton (president) and Jay Martin (secretary) of the Carolyn Sifton Foundation with Mike McClintock of the Tunnel Committee, at Brockville Arts Centre concert to celebrate Canada's First Railway Tunnel (photo by Andrew Kizell).

March 10, 2017 - Leeds-Grenville MPP Steve Clark announces $250,000 Ontario150 Community Capital Program grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, with Tunnel Committee chair David LeSueur and Brockville Mayor David Henderson (Photo by Linda Eyre).