Background Listing

The Kingston Road east of the Town of York circa 1830 by J. P. Cockburn

 

Archived WebStories

How Snowploughing came to Ontario

The Dotted White Line

The Toronto-Hamilton Highway

William (Bill) Weller - A Shaker and A Mover


Ontario's Early Colonization Roads

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Ancaster, Brantford, Burford, Woodstock, Delaware to Provincial Road
in the Western District
The Brock Road
Drummondville (City of Niagara Falls) to Simcoe Road
Dundas Street
The Dundas-Queenston, Ancaster-Queenston, Hamilton Queenston Road
The Garafraxa Road
The Dundas Waterloo Road or the Dundas Waterloo Stone Road
The Huron Road (Canada Company)
Road from the Indian Mill on the Grand River to Long Point, Brantford to Long Point
The Kingston Road
The Kingston to the Carrying Place, Kingston to Trenton Road
The Military Road, the Post Road to L'Orignal
The Niagara Portage Road
The Penetanguishene Road
Point Au Baudet to Kingston Road
The Perth Road
The Richmond Road
The Talbot Road
The Trafalgar, Esquesing and Erin Road Company (plank toll road)
The Toronto-Sydenham Road
The Tecumseh Road
Yonge Street - Various Items of Interest
The York Road, The Road from Wellington Square (Burlington) to York


Other Colonization Roads

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The Addington-Renfrew Road
The Addington Road Extension
The Artemisa and Osprey Road
The Arthur Road
The Bobcaygeon Road
The Burleigh Road
The Cameron Road
The Carrick and Howick Road
The Carrick and Culross Road
The Collingwood and Meaford Road
The Durham Road
The Egremont Road
The Elma Road
The Elzevir-Kaladar Road
The Elma and Mornington Road
The Elora and Southampton Road
The Frontenac Road
The Hastings Road
The Kinloss Road
The Levant and Darling Road
The Mississippi Road
The Monck Road
The Muskoka Road
The Ottawa and Opeongo Road
The Parry Sound Road
The Pembroke-Mattawa Road
The Perth Road
The Peterson Road
The Proton Road
The Rosseau-Nippissing Road
The Sydenham and Southhampton Road
The Sarnia & Florence Plank Road
The Southhampton and Goderich Road
The Woolwich and Lake Huron Road
The Victoria Road


Turnpikes and toll Roads

Toll Roads - General introduction and some background materials


Historical trails - southern and central Ontario

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The Iroquois Trail
The Rouge Trail
The Humber Trail
The Don Trail
The Toronto Carrying Place
Trails in the Neutral Country
Trails in the Petun Country
Trails in Huronia
The Matchedash Trail on the Coldwater Portage
The Nine Mile Portage
Lieutenant Caty's Exploratory Route & Lieutenant Briscoe's Exploratory Route
First Record of Indian Trail from Hamilton to Long Point
Extract from Dollier-Galinee Expedition
Trails East of Lake Simcoe
The Flint Trail
The Detroit Path
The Great East West Trail And Its Branches
Water routes of The Explorer and Trader
The Grand Portage
Portages Along the Ottawa & St. Lawrence River Routes
The Trent Route
The Lake Simcoe, Madawaska Route to Ottawa
The Rideau Route
The Niagara Portage
Introduction to Indian Trails
Various American Trails - New York and Ohio


For historical roads contact John Shragge: Email: shragge@pathcom.com

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