Oil Springs to Sarnia Plank Road
Posted by: Hard Oiler
N 42° 47.045 W 082° 07.797
17T E 407577 N 4737457
Built in 1858 to transport oil from Oil Springs to Sarnia it survived as a plank road until 1875. Now mostly paved but still called Plank Road
Waymark Code: WMF2
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 08/23/2005
Views: 46
Coordinates are for a plaque at the Oil Springs end of the Plank Road. Original cost was about $1000 per mile. There were three toll houses, of which at least one still survives. Other details are on the plaque: