Davenport Road - Ancient Trail Commemorative Plaque, 2011
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Resource ID
5318
Access
Open
Address
1 Davenport Rd, Toronto, ON M5R 3M3
Credit Line
Heritage Toronto
Date of Creation
2011
Historical Themes
Program Category
Rights
Heritage Toronto
Time Period
Caption
Davenport Road - Ancient Trail Commemorative Plaque, 2011
Description
This is part of a series of plaques which highlight the history of Davenport Road. Beneath the winding course of Davenport Road lies hidden an ancient trail created by Aboriginal peoples. The trail linked their settlements with hunting and fishing grounds, and with trade routes that tied this region to the upper Great Lakes, the Atlantic coast, and the Midwest. Between the Humber and the Don Rivers, the ancient footpath avoided difficult terrain by weaving along the foot of the escarpment that is one of Toronto's most distinctive geological features. It was the shoreline of 13 500-year-old glacial Lake Iroquois, forerunner of much smaller Lake Ontario. This meandering route at odds with the city's rectangular street grid now connects us with the distant past.
Marker lat / long: 43.672773, -79.387954 (WGS84)