Bell's Line was an early survey line somewhat north of the Peterson Road. From east to west it "ran [between the present townships of Bangor and Jones, Wicklow and Lyell, McClure and Sabine, Bruton and Clyde, Harburn and Eyre, Guilford and Havelock, Stanhope and Sherborne, Hindon and Ridout, Oakley and McLean, Draper and Macaulay" (Florence Murray, p. lxiii).
It was meant to run from Lake Couchiching to the grand falls of at Muskoka intersecting Bell's Line. Later continued a further 24 miles to the present location of Huntsville (ibid. p. lxx.)
Runs from the foot of Lake Couchiching northward through Morrison, Muskoka, Draper, Macauley and Stephenson ... ending in the vicinity of Fairy and Vernon lakes. (ibid. p. 194)
Plaque south of Gravenhurst. In a picnic area on the west side of Highway 11 10 km south of the intersection of Highway 11 and Road 169 in Gravenhurst south of the Kilworth/Kahshe Lake exit just south of the Kahshe River bridge. Coordinates: N 44 49.853 W 79 19.276
Plaque - The Founding of Bracebridge
The original road started at the 9th milepost on The Muskoka Road north from the Falls of Muskoka, and follows the west boundary line of Stephenson and proceeding in a northwesterly direction. (Ibid. p. lxxii, Plate XII.)
From older version of page:
Current road designations are: Horseshoe Lake Road, Highway 141, Raymond Road, Manitoba Street. Route follows Highway 400/ Highway 69, Highway 141, Muskoka District Road 35, Muskoka District Road 4. Starts at Bracebridge, ends at Parry Sound, serving Parry Sound, Horseshoe Lake, Rosseau and Bracebridge.
"...projected to run north from Bobcaygeon along the easterly boundary of Verulam, Somerville, Lutterworth, Anson, Hindon, Ridout and Franklin townships" [i.e. to the Oxtongue River]. Originally, it was expected to reach Lake Nipissing, meeting the projected Ottawa and Opeongo road. (ibid. p. lxxii-lxxiii.)
Plaque in Dorset:
Plaque near Muskoka Falls (Highway 118 and Highway 11):
Plaque in Maynooth:
Leading from the upper end of Couchiching Lake in Mara in and easterly direction, to unite with the Mississippi at its intersection with the Hastings Road. Using present-day ma,es the route might be described as passing through North Mara, Rathburn, Sebright, Dartmoor, Uphill, Head Lake, Norland, Kinmount, Furnace Falls, Irondale, Gooderham, Monck Road and Bancroft (ibid. p. lxxvii.)
Plaque near Bancroft:
Plaque near Lake Couchiching:
Plaque The Founding of Bala
Rosedale is on Cameron Lake. Fenelon Falls, on the other side of the lake was called Cameron's Falls. South of Rosedale lies the village of Cameron. The road may have started there and followed Hwy 35, or today's Kawartha Lakes Road 34 which is still called Cameron Road. Or still yet, as per Coboconk, Ontario may have started from Fenelon Falls.
Referenced in Laxton, Digby and Longford townships between Norland and the boundary of Bixley (near Coboconk), and in Lutterworth township Lot 14 Concession 7 (Miner's Bay). Indicates a route between (Cameron and) Coboconk, Norland and Miner's Bay along current 35. [9]
A short road from Balsam River, Fenelon (Rosedale) to the Monck Road in Digby (Norland?), about 18 miles. It answers no reasonable Colonization purpose. [10]
Undertaken to extend to Minden [11]
Appears to be named after Lavant. There is an eastward side road to the Snow Road, County Road 16 (South Levant Road). It runs between Highway 509 (near Beatty) and Highway 511 (near Hopetown). Lavant is about halfway. Sometimes called "Old Government Road" e.g. in County Atlas maps. Most of in Lanark County. Altogether inconclusive.
Bell's Line was an early survey line somewhat north of the Peterson Road. From east to west it "ran [between the present townships of Bangor and Jones, Wicklow and Lyell, McClure and Sabine, Bruton and Clyde, Harburn and Eyre, Guilford and Havelock, Stanhope and Sherborne, Hindon and Ridout, Oakley and McLean, Draper and Macaulay" (Florence Murray, p. lxiii).
It was meant to run from Lake Couchiching to the grand falls of at Muskoka intersecting Bell's Line. Later continued a further 24 miles to the present location of Huntsville (ibid. p. lxx.)
Runs from the foot of Lake Couchiching northward through Morrison, Muskoka, Draper, Macauley and Stephenson ... ending in the vicinity of Fairy and Vernon lakes. (ibid. p. 194)
Plaque south of Gravenhurst. In a picnic area on the west side of Highway 11 10 km south of the intersection of Highway 11 and Road 169 in Gravenhurst south of the Kilworth/Kahshe Lake exit just south of the Kahshe River bridge. Coordinates: N 44 49.853 W 79 19.276
Plaque - The Founding of Bracebridge
The original road started at the 9th milepost on The Muskoka Road north from the Falls of Muskoka, and follows the west boundary line of Stephenson and proceeding in a northwesterly direction. (Ibid. p. lxxii, Plate XII.)
From older version of page:
Current road designations are: Horseshoe Lake Road, Highway 141, Raymond Road, Manitoba Street. Route follows Highway 400/ Highway 69, Highway 141, Muskoka District Road 35, Muskoka District Road 4. Starts at Bracebridge, ends at Parry Sound, serving Parry Sound, Horseshoe Lake, Rosseau and Bracebridge.
"...projected to run north from Bobcaygeon along the easterly boundary of Verulam, Somerville, Lutterworth, Anson, Hindon, Ridout and Franklin townships" [i.e. to the Oxtongue River]. Originally, it was expected to reach Lake Nipissing, meeting the projected Ottawa and Opeongo road. (ibid. p. lxxii-lxxiii.)
Plaque in Dorset:
Plaque near Muskoka Falls (Highway 118 and Highway 11):
Plaque in Maynooth:
Leading from the upper end of Couchiching Lake in Mara in and easterly direction, to unite with the Mississippi at its intersection with the Hastings Road. Using present-day ma,es the route might be described as passing through North Mara, Rathburn, Sebright, Dartmoor, Uphill, Head Lake, Norland, Kinmount, Furnace Falls, Irondale, Gooderham, Monck Road and Bancroft (ibid. p. lxxvii.)
Plaque near Bancroft:
Plaque near Lake Couchiching:
Plaque The Founding of Bala
Rosedale is on Cameron Lake. Fenelon Falls, on the other side of the lake was called Cameron's Falls. South of Rosedale lies the village of Cameron. The road may have started there and followed Hwy 35, or today's Kawartha Lakes Road 34 which is still called Cameron Road. Or still yet, as per Coboconk, Ontario may have started from Fenelon Falls.
Referenced in Laxton, Digby and Longford townships between Norland and the boundary of Bixley (near Coboconk), and in Lutterworth township Lot 14 Concession 7 (Miner's Bay). Indicates a route between (Cameron and) Coboconk, Norland and Miner's Bay along current 35. [9]
A short road from Balsam River, Fenelon (Rosedale) to the Monck Road in Digby (Norland?), about 18 miles. It answers no reasonable Colonization purpose. [10]
Undertaken to extend to Minden [11]
Appears to be named after Lavant. There is an eastward side road to the Snow Road, County Road 16 (South Levant Road). It runs between Highway 509 (near Beatty) and Highway 511 (near Hopetown). Lavant is about halfway. Sometimes called "Old Government Road" e.g. in County Atlas maps. Most of in Lanark County. Altogether inconclusive.