The Toronto-Sydenham Road
The northern terminus of this early "colonization road" was located near here at its junction with the "Garafraxa Road". In 1848 the government ordered Charles Rankin, P.L.S., to survey a road from Melancthon Township through the present counties of Grey and Dufferin which would attract settlers and provide a more direct connection between Sydenham (Owen Sound) and Toronto. Free grants of 20 ha lots were given to persons fulfilling the required settlement duties, and by 1851 some 400 families had taken up land. In 1852 almost 64 km of the road had been opened although portions were still impassable for wagons. Most of this old settlement road is still in use as Highway 10.
Plaque via Alan L. Brown's site Ontario Plaques. Full page here.