"FOUNDING OF ST. MARYS" - Ontario Provincial Plaques on Waymarking.com

When opening Blanshard Township for settlement in 1839, the Canada Company made an arrangement with Thomas Ingersoll, a brother of Laura Secord, to build mills at "the Little Falls" of the Thames. In 1841-43 he erected a sawmill and a grist-mill and in return obtained 136 ha of land in this vicinity. The mills formed the nucleus of a settlement named St. Marys. In 1854 the community was incorporated as a village. The building of railways, 1857-60, stimulated development and in 1864, when St. Marys became a town, it was already the centre of lumber and limestone quarry industries and the adjacent prosperous agricultural region.

Address or location of plaque: The plaque is located near the Mill Race Gates in St. Mary's Physical location of plaque: Town "Ontario Plaques" Website for this "Plaque": [Web Link] Description of any physical remains at site of "Historical Plaque": No physical remains can be seen at this site. This 'Plaque' describes: An 'Event' Condition of sign: The sign is clean and in good shape. Is this a bilingual sign?: No ! A web-site for more details.: Not listed What is the second/third language?: Not listed

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