The Hastings Road

Photo by Alan L Brown - July 25, 2005

Plaque Location

The County of Hastings
The Township of Limerick
In Ormsby, on the NE corner of Road 620 and Hastings Road

Plaque Summary from the Ontario Heritage Trust's website

Running north from Madoc to Bancroft and bordered by free land grant lots, the Hastings Road, begun in 1854, successfully attracted settlers to the area. Poor soil and an unsympathetic climate prevented prosperous farming, however, and with the subsequent decline in lumbering most settlers abandoned their land.

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