Cliff Site
Text from the plaque
Near this spot, March 23rd, 1670, was erected a cross with arms of France and inscription claiming sovereignty in the name of King Louis XIV over the Lake Erie region, as shown in procés-verbal reproduced on this memorial placed here in 1922. Canada was ceded by France to Great Britain in 1763.
Transcribed from the marker, not summarised.
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The County of Norfolk
In Port Dover, on the north side of the west end of
Brown Street, east of the Lynn River, south of Highway 6
N 42 47.140 W 80 11.771
Recorded October 2010. Check current access before visiting.
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Visitors' notes
October 24, 2010
An etching of this cross graced the cover of a Parks Canada handbook first printed in the mid-80s listing all the national historical plaques in Ontario. I used that as my bible for years of plaque-hunting. It was gratifying to visit this site in the late 80s or early 90s. I hadn't been back since, so I'm delighted to revisit and photograph it for the website. It's a special place, and one of the oldest HSMB monuments in the country (1922). -Wayne