The Founding of Seaforth
Text from the plaque
Anticipating the construction of the Buffalo, Brantford and Goderich Railroad through this region, Christopher and George Sparling acquired, during 1850-53, most of the present site of Seaforth. George laid out a subdivision in 1856 and Christopher sold most of his land in Tuckersmith Township to a syndicate headed by James Patton of Barrie. Patton is said to have procured a railway station and named it Seaforth. Situated on the Huron Road and the railway, and a shipping point for wheat, Seaforth had a post office by December 1859, was incorporated as a village in 1868 and as a town in 1875.
Transcribed from the marker, not summarised.
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The County of Huron
The Municipality of Huron East
In Seaforth, in front of the cenotaph
on the east side of Victoria Street at Gouinlock Street
N 43 33.087 W 81 23.603
Recorded October 2004. Check current access before visiting.