"THE FOUNDING OF STONEY POINT" - Stoney Point, Ontario - Ontario Provincial Plaques on Waymarking.com

Plaque Text:
French-speaking settlers from the Detroit-Sandwich area and Lower Canada (Quebec) were the first to locate in Tilbury West Township after it was surveyed in 1824. They established farms along Lake St. Clair and later near the Tecumseh Road and by 1851 formed a community called Stoney Point. After the arrival of the railway in 1854, the village developed into a market and industrial centre serving an agricultural and lumbering hinterland. In 1881, Stoney Point and the neighbouring hamlet of Chevalier, founded about 1868, became the incorporated police village of Stoney Point with 375 residents. Following a succession of fires and a decrease in nearby lumbering activity, the village's industrial section declined after 1900 and by 1920 Stoney Point had been transformed into a quiet agricultural village.

Plaque is mounted on a large rock in front of a gazebo, east of the public library building. Plaque was originaly in front of the public library, but due to the sale of the property the plaque has been relocated to the east of the property.

Address or location of plaque: 6690 Tecumseh Rd. E Physical location of plaque: Village "Ontario Plaques" Website for this "Plaque": [Web Link] Description of any physical remains at site of "Historical Plaque": None 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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