Location
The County of Lennox and Addington - Addington Highlands
In Kaladar, in a picnic area on the north side of Highway 7 just east of Highway 41
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Photographer
Alan L Brown
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More Information
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Posted
May 28, 2004
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Text from the Plaque
This Colonization Road extended for about 73 miles northward from the Clare River in Sheffield Township to the Peterson Road in Brundell Township. It formed part of a network of government roads built to open up the southern region of the Pre-Cambrian Shield. From 1854 to 1857 Aylsworth B. Perry, a local surveyor, supervised construction of the road from the Clare River to the Madawaska River. A twelve mile extension northward to the Peterson Road was added during 1863 - 64. Settlement of the "free-grant" lands along the route progressed rapidly and by 1862 the population totalled about 800. Although parts of the road were later abandoned, considerable sections were incorporated into the present Highway No. 41.
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