Casimir Gzowski (1813–1898), engineer and acting Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, 1896–1897
The monument was moved in August 1975 in order to accommodate widening of the original QEW, and is now located in the nearby Sir Casimir Gzowski Park along Lake Ontario, on the east side of the Humber River.
Initiated in 1859 by the then president of the Toronto Turf Club, Sir Casimir Gzowski, the Queen's Plate was inaugurated on June 27, 1860, at the Carleton racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, with the prize of 50 guineas awarded by Queen Victoria.
He received the Gzowski Gold Medal, Best Civil Engineering Paper Award from Engineering Institute of Canada.
Casimir IV Jagiellon | Casimir III the Great | Peter Gzowski | John Casimir | Hendrik Casimir | Casimir Pulaski | Casimir III | Casimir Gzowski | John II Casimir Vasa | Casimir IV | Casimir | Saint Casimir | Pierre Louis Jean Casimir de Blacas | Casimir V, Duke of Pomerania | Casimir I of Opole | Casimir Ehrnrooth | Theos Casimir Bernard | Prince Frederick Henry and Count Ernst Casimir during the Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch | John Casimir (clarinetist) | Frederick Casimir of Cieszyn | Ernest Casimir | Casimir V | Casimir Pierre Périer | Casimir Oudin | Casimir I the Restorer | Casimir II the Just | Casimir III, Duke of Pomerania | Casimir Dudevant | Bendy Casimir | Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen |
This group was led by Elmore Harris, and included the well-known Casimir Gzowski Jr. (son of the builder of the Grand Trunk Railway and grandfather of broadcaster Peter Gzowski), Robert Kilgour of the Kilgour Brothers (a manufacturer of paper bags and paper boxes), John Drysdale Nasmith (a baker) and Samuel J. Moore of the business forms fame (a Sunday school leader at Dovercourt Road Baptist Church).