- CA QUA01224
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Major Reginald Richard Dixon (Retd), former Co-ordinator of Interpretive Projects, National Parks and Historic Sites, Parks Canada was Superintendent of Bellevue House National Historic Site during restoration in 1966-67. Bellevue House, a Tuscan villa built in the 1840's by Kingston merchant Charles Hales, was the home of Sir John A. Macdonald and his wife Isabella,1848-1849. The house was restored to the period as a project of Parks Canada. Bellevue House was officially opened 24 May, 1967 and was visited by Queen Elizabeth the following July.