"THE GOVERNMENT INN 1798-1861" ~ Port Credit.
N 43° 33.026 W 079° 35.251
17T E 614096 N 4822911
Located in Memorial Park on the corner of Lakeshore Road W. and Front Street N. in Port Credit, Ontario.
Waymark Code: WM644T
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 03/30/2009
Views: 13
Text from the plaque:
The government Inn 1798 - 1861
Near this site on the Credit River's eastern bank, the government of Upper Canada built a "post-house" or inn in 1798, for the use of persons travelling between York and such settlements as Niagara and Detroit. Constructed of dressed timber, it was for some seven years the only building between the Etobicoke River and Burlington Beach. Local Mississauga Indians gathered here to trade salmon and furs. Here also they signed the treaties of 1805 and 1818 which ceded most of their lands to the crown for European settlement. Used as an inn until 1834, the Government House became private property in 1858 and was demolished three years later.
Address or location of plaque: Lakeshore Road and Front Street
Physical location of plaque: Park
"Ontario Plaques" Website for this "Plaque": [Web Link]
Description of any physical remains at site of "Historical Plaque": The Inn is demolished
This 'Plaque' describes: A 'Structure'
Condition of sign: very good
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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