"THE FOUNDING OF KAPUSKASING" - Kapuskasing, Ontario
N 49° 24.752 W 082° 25.461
17U E 396684 N 5474292
A plaque found next to the fine Kapuskasing Train Station and museum that appropriately notes the what was behind the settling of this area in the early 1900s.
Waymark Code: WMJY7E
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 01/15/2014
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A plaque found next to the fine Kapuskasing Train Station and museum that appropriately notes the what was behind the settling of this area in the early 1900s.
The plaque reads:
In 1911 the National Transcontinental Railway, then under construction, reached the present site of Kapuskasing. Three years later during the first World War the Canadian government established in the area a prisoner of war camp and an experimental farm to investigate the agricultural potential of the Clay Belt. The prisoners cleared land and worked on the farm. In 1917 the Ontario government launched near here an ambitious land settlement scheme for veterans. The detention camp and settlement project were discontinued in 1920. A pulp mill, built 1920-23, was the forerunner of larger mills producing newsprint, pulp and cellulose. Their proprietors spearheaded the development of Kapuskasing as one of Northern Ontario's earliest planned industrial communities.
Address or location of plaque: 25 Millview Road, Kapuskasing
Physical location of plaque: Town
"Ontario Plaques" Website for this "Plaque": [Web Link]
Description of any physical remains at site of "Historical Plaque": found at the Kapuskasing Train Station
This 'Plaque' describes: A 'Location'
Condition of sign: excellent
Is this a bilingual sign?: Yes !
What is the second/third language?: French
A web-site for more details.: Not listed
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