"THE FOUNDING OF RENFREW" - Ontario Provincial Plaques on Waymarking.com

Plaque text reads;

Attracted by the development of the lumbering industry in the Upper Ottawa valley, a few settlers had located in this region by 1830. Six years later Xavier Plaunt acquired land here, near the second chute of the Bonnechere River and by 1848 was selling village lots and had provided land for the community's first church. In that year a post office, Renfrew, was opened and in 1851 the settlement contained a sawmill, grist-mill, tannery and foundry. The movement into Renfrew of settlers from neighbouring townships, and the opening in 1854 of the Opeongo Road from Farrell's Landing on the Ottawa River, stimulated the community's growth, and four years later it was incorporated as a Village. In 1895 it became a Town.

Address or location of plaque: On the north side of Railway Avenue between Raglan Street South (Highway 60) and Plaunt Street South Physical location of plaque: Town "Ontario Plaques" Website for this "Plaque": [Web Link] Description of any physical remains at site of "Historical Plaque": Park, Town Offices. This 'Plaque' describes: An 'Event' Condition of sign: Excellent. 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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