"THE MONCK ROAD" - Bancroft
N 45° 03.577 W 077° 51.511
18T E 274938 N 4993548
Another of the early colonization roads across the Ontario wilderness.
Waymark Code: WMC9Q2
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 08/13/2011
Views: 19
This road was constructed for the dual purpose of opening up a wilderness area to settlement and providing an alternative, less vulnerable military route between the upper Great Lakes and the Ottawa Valley. Its line from the vicinity of Lake Couchiching to the junction of the Hastings and Mississippi Colonization Roads at the hamlet of York River (now Bancroft), was surveyed in 1864-65 at the time of the American Civil War. Named in honour of the Governor General (1861-68), Lord Monck, construction was begun in 1866 and completed in 1873. Free grants of land along its route were made to persons fulfilling the required settlement duties.
Address or location of plaque: In front of a museum on the north side of Station Street just west of the York River bridge
Physical location of plaque: Town
"Ontario Plaques" Website for this "Plaque": [Web Link]
A web-site for more details.: [Web Link]
Description of any physical remains at site of "Historical Plaque": The road still exists, in various forms, from here in Bancroft, west to Orillia
This 'Plaque' describes: A 'Location'
Condition of sign: good
Is this a bilingual sign?: No !
What is the second/third language?: English on both sides of the plaque.
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