Waterville Township in Lucas County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Roche de Bout

Photographed by Craig Doda, May 16, 2021

1. Roche de Bout Marker

Inscription.
The Interurban Bridge, which crosses the Maumee River at Farnsworth, is partially built atop Roche de Bout, a large, protruding rock in the river that served as an early landmark for native people, European explorers and armies. The massive limestone rock outcropping was a sacred meeting place for Indians of the Maumee Valley. In the early 1700s, it was the site of a French settlement.

The abandoned bridge, once the world's largest earth-filled, concrete reinforced bridge, was part of a commuter railway system during the early 1900s.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Bridges & Viaducts • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Railroads & Streetcars • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 41° 29.206′ N, 83° 44.117′ W. Marker is near Waterville, Ohio, in Lucas County. It is in Waterville Township. It is at the intersection of South River Road (U.S. 24) and Noncolova Road, on the right when traveling north on South River Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 743 Anthony Wayne Trail, Whitehouse OH 43571, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the Lake Erie Shore

and in the Toledo Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Midwest,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Towpath Trail (within shouting distance of this marker); Fort Deposit / Roche de Bout (within

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shouting distance of this marker); Bowling Green Fault (approx. ¼ mile away); Ohio Electric Railroad Bridge / Roche De Bout, Roche De Boeuf (approx. 0.3 miles away); Stitt Park (approx. 0.8 miles away); a different marker also named The Towpath Trail (approx. one mile away); Waterville Civil War Monument (approx. one mile away); Fort Miamis Reserve/Miltonville (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Waterville.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Site of Fort Deposit / Roche de Boeuf (was approx. ¼ mile away but has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by Craig Doda, May 16, 2021

2. Roche de Bout Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 6, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 20, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,612 times since then and 49 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 20, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.