East Perth in Perth County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Huron Road

Erected 1928

Photographed by Tim Boyd, September 22, 2023

1. Huron Road Marker

Inscription.
To commemorate opening Huron Road by the Canada Company 1828

This marks place of log building occupied by Sebastian & Mary Fryfogel first settlers in Perth County 1829

Erected 1928.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1828.

Location. 43° 22.142′ N, 80° 48.198′ W. Marker is in East Perth, Ontario, in Perth County. It is on Perth Line 34 (Hwy 8) 2.7 kilometers east of Perth County Road 107, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: East Perth ON N0B 2P0, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Huron-Perth-Waterloo-Wellington Area

and in Southwestern Ontario.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers

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are within 8 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Fryfogel’s Inn (within shouting distance of this marker); “The Glass Swan” (approx. 6.1 kilometers away); St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church (approx. 7.2 kilometers away); St. James Anglican Church (approx. 7.4 kilometers away); Hartman Bridge (approx. 7.4 kilometers away); The Founding of New Hamburg (approx. 7.5 kilometers away); The Nith River / La rivière Nith (approx. 7.5 kilometers away); Rev. Frederick William Bindemann (1790-1865) (approx. 7.8 kilometers away).

Also see . . . Canadian Transport Sourcebook - The Huron Road. 1935 article by W. H. Breithaupt for the Waterloo Historical Society

The lands of the Canada Company were a vast tract of virgin forest and swamp. There were the rivers, which could more or less be traversed by canoe, and some Indian trails, but no other facilities of communication. Contrary to his associates, who held that settlers should come in first, Galt advocated roads as a necessary means of access. He early planned a road from Guelph to Goderich, thus connecting the two principal places of the Company and traversing the land
Photographed by Tim Boyd, September 22, 2023

2. Huron Road Marker
from its eastern extremity to the lake front.

(Submitted on September 24, 2023, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario.)

Fryfogel’s Tavern, location of the Huron Road marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, September 22, 2023

3. Fryfogel’s Tavern, location of the Huron Road marker

1928

4. The Huron Road, 1828-1928

A 100 year commemorative map, appearing in local newspapers

Credits. This page was last revised on March 26, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 24, 2023, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 454 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 24, 2023, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.