The Talbot Road
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This road, named after Col. Thomas Talbot, the founder of the Talbot Settlement, was one of Upper Canada's earliest pioneer highways. Surveyed in 1804 by John Bostwick, it ran from Sayle's Mills (Waterford) to Port Talbot. In 1809 portions of the road line were changed by Mahlon Burwell who ran it through the site of St. Thomas. Two years later he was ordered to extend the road to Amherstburg and to survey branch lines connecting with the settlements to the north. By means of this early colonization road much of the north shore of Lake Erie was settled.
Transcribed from the marker, not summarised.
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The County of Elgin
The City of St. Thomas
On the north side of Fingall Line (Road 16)
630 m west of Road 4, street number 40012
N 42 46.541 W 81 13.141
Recorded August 2004. Check current access before visiting.
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