The Founding of Forest
Text from the plaque
In 1858 Timothy Resseguie laid out the first village lots and the opening of a railway station here in 1859 on the recently completed Grand Trunk line from Guelph to Sarnia provided the nucleus around which this community grew. A general store was opened and it was followed by other commercial enterprises. An Anglican church was established in 1861 and the following year a post office was opened. Grist-mills and sawmills were constructed and the community flourished as a trans-shipment centre. With a population of over 750, Forest, in 1872, was incorporated as a village in accordance with a Lambton County by-law, and in 1889 it became a town.
Transcribed from the marker, not summarised.
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The County of Lambton
The Municipality of Lambton Shores
In Forest, at the Station Library on the southwest corner of
King Street West and Washington Street North
N 43 05.760 W 82 00.185
Recorded September 2004. Check current access before visiting.
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