"THE FOUNDING OF PICKERING"
N 43° 51.262 W 079° 03.416
17T E 656165 N 4857532
Located in a small park at the corner of Kingston Rd. W.(Highway 2) and Old Kingston Rd. in Ajax.
Waymark Code: WM3PBJ
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 04/29/2008
Views: 58
Plaque Text:
Between 1801 and 1807 a settlement developed here in Pickering Township where the Danforth Road crossed Duffin's Creek. Among the early settlers was Timothy Rogers, a prominent Quaker and colonizer who built a saw and grist-mill in 1809. A post-office was established in 1829 but the hamlet of Duffin's Creek developed slowly. The construction of the Grand Trunk Railway, completed in 1856, and growing agricultural prosperity stimulated the community's development as an important grist-milling and local commercial centre. Known as Pickering from the late 1870's, it became a police village in 1900 with about 1000 inhabitants. In 1953 it was made an incorporated Village and in 1974 amalgamated with the Town of Ajax.
From Wikipedia:
Pickering Village is a community and former municipality in the Town of Ajax, Durham Region, Ontario, Canada.
Originally located in Pickering Township, a community began to grow in 1807, when Quaker Timothy Rogers purchased 800 acres of land and brought a number of Quaker families to settle in the area. A post office was granted in 1829 and called Pickering. The village itself went under a number of names in the early years, including Canton and Duffins Creek, but eventually adopted the same name as the post office.
In 1878, the Quakers' Canada Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends established an educational institution, Pickering College, on the outskirts of the village. It was destroyed by fire in 1905 and relocated to Newmarket, Ontario.
In 1953, It was incorporated as the Village of Pickering. At that time, it had a population of nearly 900. At the 1971 Census, the closest to the date of amalgamation, the municipality had a population of 2,535.
When the Regional Municipality of Durham was created in 1974, the Village of Pickering confusingly became part of the Town of Ajax. It became known as "Pickering Village" to differentiate it from the City of Pickering.
Congratulation on the 300th Waymark for this Category
Address or location of plaque: Kingston Rd. W. and Old Kingston Rd.
Physical location of plaque: Town
"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": Left on this side are the remains of the Village Bell
This 'Plaque' describes: A 'Location'
Condition of sign: Good
Is this a bilingual sign?: No !
What is the second/third language?: None
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