Log Building in Kenyon Township - Dunvegan, ON, Canada
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N 45° 21.491 W 074° 49.643
18T E 513519 N 5022755
A historical plaque set up to highlight the pioneer log buildings around the area.
Waymark Code: WMP094
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 06/02/2015
Views: 1
The plaque reads:
Kenyon Township
Hand-hewn cedar logs were the standard building material in Kenyon Township from the beginning of European settlement in the late 18th century until the widespread availability of sawn lumber a century later. Log-building techniques introduced by Loyalist pioneers, combined with an abundant supply of easily worked and durable eastern white cedars, led to the construction of hundreds of log houses and barns, many which remain standing and in use today.
1798-1998
This plaque is in front of a private hand-hewn log dwelling. As you drive round the backroads, there is still evidence of this technique in log buildings.
Group that erected the marker: Kenyon Township Historical Society
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
18975 County Rd 24
Dunvegan, Ontario Canada
K0C 1J0
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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