"FOUNDING OF NEW LISKEARD" - Ontario Provincial Plaques on Waymarking.com

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FOUNDING OF NEW LISKEARD

The Little Clay Belt, the rich agricultural belt extending north from New Liskeard, was originally inhabited by the Algonquin First Nations, including Joachim "Clear Sky" Wabigijic and Angela Lapointe who lived by the mouth of the Wabi River. In 1891, William Murray and Irvin Heard settled here and two years later Crown Lands Agent John Armstrong arrived to supervise development. The abundance of good, inexpensive farmland attracted people from southern to "new" Ontario and the town quickly grew. It was incorporated as New Liskeard in 1903 and Armstrong became its first mayor. The Timiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway arrived two years later, helping to develop New Liskeard into the commercial centre of south Timiskaming.

Address or location of plaque: Riverside Place Physical location of plaque: Park "Ontario Plaques" Website for this "Plaque": [Web Link] A web-site for more details.: [Web Link] Description of any physical remains at site of "Historical Plaque": New Liskeard is now part of the City of Temiskaming Shores This 'Plaque' describes: A 'Location' Condition of sign: Great Is this a bilingual sign?: Yes ! What is the second/third language?: French

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