Turkey Point

Photos by contributor Wayne Adam - Posted November, 2010

Plaque Location

The County of Norfolk
In Turkey Point Provincial Park
at a pull-out on the north side of an unnamed road to a golf course
3.2 km from the intersection of Turkey Point Road (Road 10) and
Cedar Drive in the village of Turkey Point via east on Cedar Drive
then north on Old Hill Road

Coordinates: N 42 41.937 W 80 19.495

Plaque Text

As early as 1798, Lieutenant Governor Simcoe planned to fortify this point. By 1813 nothing had yet been done, and following Procter's retreat from Amherstburg the British decided to construct a navy yard and covering fort here. Difficulties in supplying the post, together with the unsuitability of the location led to abandonment of the project after only a blockhouse and part of a palisade had been built.

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Posted November 11, 2010
The official name of this place, as given by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board in 1925, is Fort Norfolk National Historic Site. It's curious "Turkey Point" was used for the plaque's title. Perhaps it was because the works weren't much of a fort. It's uncommon for the official name of a site to differ from its plaque title, but the discrepancy happens now and then. -Wayne

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