"THE FOUNDING OF KILLARNEY"
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Bon Echo
N 45° 58.286 W 081° 30.717
17T E 460338 N 5091000
Describes the founding on this small village in the early 1800's
Waymark Code: WMWNEG
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 09/21/2017
Views: 5
This Ontario Provincial Plaque is located in the small village of Killarney Ontario. The plaque described the founding of the village as a trading post in the 1820's. The plaque is located on teh property of the Killarney Centennial Museum.
Plaque text reads:
The Founding of Killarney
Etienne Augustin de la Morandière, fur trader and founder of Killarney, settled here in 1820, when this locality, on the voyageurs' canoe route to the Northwest, was known as Shebahonaning ("narrow channel"). A substantial trading establishment, built by La Morandière on Drummond Island after the War of 1812, was destroyed by fire in 1817, and he moved here permanently after trading for a time at Flat Point, Bay of Islands. La Morandière raised crops and brought cattle to Killarney. Accessible only by water, the settlement grew slowly, though it attracted anglers and was once an active commercial fishing centre. The opening of Highway 637 in 1962 brought this previously remote village and Killarney Provincial Park, within reach of tourists.
The text is also in French.
Address or location of plaque: add
Physical location of plaque: Village
"Ontario Plaques" Website for this "Plaque": [Web Link]
A web-site for more details.: [Web Link]
Description of any physical remains at site of "Historical Plaque": The town still exists
This 'Plaque' describes: A 'Location'
Condition of sign: good
Is this a bilingual sign?: Yes !
What is the second/third language?: French
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