Queen Elizabeth II visits Perth County

July 2, 2026 @ 10:17 amColumns, Listowel Banner, Local News, Pieces of the Past, Rural

Black and white newspaper scan of Queen Elizabeth II smiling with fans.
Pictured is Queen Elizabeth II during her 1997 royal visit to Perth County. (Stratford Perth Archives photo)

Megan Lockhart Stratford-Perth Archives It was during this week, 29 years ago, that communities across Perth County were gripped by “Royal Mania” when Queen Elizabeth II visited during an official Royal Tour of Canada. The last time Her Majesty had visited Perth County was in 1959, when she and her husband, Prince Philip, arrived in…

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