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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM262O_the-macdonald-cartier-freeway_Mallorytown-Ontario.html
This plaque commemorates the completion of the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway (Highway 401), the longest freeway operated without tolls by a single highway authority in North America. Covering 510 miles between Windsor on the United States border and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XD0_the-thousand-islands-historical_Mallorytown-Ontario.html
The Thousand Islands are the roots of an ancient Precambrian mountain range ground down by successive glaciations to granite bedrock. Over the centuries the bare, gnarled hills were covered with rich forests and carpets of wildflowers. Where the S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XCZ_the-darling-store-le-magasin-darling-historical_Mallorytown-Ontario.html
Long before roads penetrated the dense forests of the Thousand Islands, the St. Lawrence River was the highway to the interior of Canada. Vessels of all types plied the waters. Bateaux and durham boats carried produce from nearby farms to be trad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XCS_darlingside-historical_Mallorytown-Ontario.html
Darlingside is a rare surviving example of the wood depots which provided an essential fuelling service during the early phase of steamboat navigation on Lake Ontario and the upper St. Lawrence River. Thomas Darling, a Scottish immigrant, acquired…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XC2_thousand-islands-bridge-system-historical_Mallorytown-Ontario.html
The tons of explosives, concrete and steel used to create the five spans of the bridge system only hint of the tremendous efforts to create the bridge system. Glad of getting work in the Great Depression, the workers took any job they could and la…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MVD_chimney-island-bridge-island_Mallorytown-Ontario.html
During the War of 1812 the St. Lawrence was the life-line of Upper Canada along which virtually all military and civilian supplies were transported from Montréal to Kingston. Fear that the Americans might attempt to block the passage of mat…
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