Beverly Kingdon Presented with 2023 Key to the City During Canada Day, Burlington 150+ Celebration

At our 2023 Canada Day and Burlington 150+ celebrations on July 1 at Spencer Smith Park, I was very excited to present Beverly Kingdon with a Burlington Key to the City!It was an honour to present Beverly with the highest honour we have at the city and recognize her successful community volunteer efforts in restoring the Trumpeter swan population at LaSalle Park.Read more about Beverly below.BEVERLY KINGDON (July 2023)Beverly has been a volunteer in conservation work for more than 40 years, and a driving force behind the creation of the Trumpeter Swan Restoration Group.Trumpeter swans were nearly hunted out of existence in Ontario by the late 1800s and re-introduced into the province in the 1980s. Beverly has said she initially became involved in this volunteer work because of her love of swans and it gave her an opportunity to give something back to the Burlington community. Thankfully, we’ve seen the return of the Trumpeter swan population to LaSalle Park, and the bird population thrive.Of note, in 2022, Bird Friendly Hamilton Burlington announced the Trumpeter swan was selected by popular demand as Burlington’s unofficial city bird.Beverly’s efforts have ensured Burlington’s unofficial bird has a haven in our city for generations to come – making her a very worthy recipient of the Key to the City!Scroll further down this post to learn more about Burlington's Key to the City.[gallery columns="4" ids="32868,32882,32883,32884"]

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ABOUT BURLINGTON'S KEY TO THE CITY:[gallery ids="17870,17872,17871"] Designed and created by local stained glass artist Teresa Seaton, the multi-coloured glass key incorporates elements of Burlington’s natural landscape and the City crest, all within the shape of our well-known blue city clock that stands proudly outside City Hall as a gift from our twin city, Itabashi, Japan. The key is housed in a textured glass box that adds to the timeless beauty of this work of art. Burlington’s Key to the City program was launched in 2019 by Mayor Marianne Meed Ward.RELATED LINKS:

• Key to the City Program
• Past recipients:
  • May 2023: Twin City Apeldoorn, The Netherlands & Mayor Ton Heerts Receive 2023 Burlington Key to the City
  • July 2022: Burlington Teen Tour Band Receives 2022 Key to the City During Canada Day Celebrations
  • March 2022: Gold-Medal Olympians Renata Fast & Emma Maltais Recipients of 2022 Burlington Keys to the City
  • Oct. 2021: Burlington 2021 Key to the City Recipients Announced: Jean Longfield & Lisa Lunski
  • Dec. 2020: Two New Burlington Key to the City Recipients Announced: Kendall Cooper and Ian Elliott
  • Jan. 2020: First 2020 Key to the City Recipient Burlington Veteran Gordon Schottlander
  • Oct. 2019: City of Itabashi, Japan and Mayor Takeshi Sakamoto receive Burlington Key to the City in 2019
  • Jan. 2019: Launch of Burlington’s new Key to the City program sees Mike Taylor, posthumously, as first recipient
• Burlington Unveils New Key to the City