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Honeywood in Mulmur in Dufferin County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)
 

Ruskview

Since 1848

 
 
Ruskview Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tim Boyd, July 12, 2026
1. Ruskview Marker
Inscription. Situated on a bluff overlooking the Pine River Valley. Joseph Lennox was the first settler to purchase crown land. By 1883, Robert Reid built a house and blacksmith shop and was appointed first postmaster. Named for early settler Wm. Rusk.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1883.
 
Location. 44° 14.208′ N, 80° 7.347′ W. Marker is in Mulmur, Ontario, in Dufferin County. It is in Honeywood. It is at the intersection of 2 Line East and Sideroad 24, on the right when traveling north on 2 Line East. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 758310 2 Line E, Mulmur ON L9V 0G9, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ontario’s York, Durham and Headwaters 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.

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least 8 other markers are within 16 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Creemore Bridge (approx. 9.6 kilometers away); Horning’s Mills (approx. 11.3 kilometers away); Historic Corbetton Church Building (approx. 15.3 kilometers away); The Corbetton Church (approx. 15.3 kilometers away); Building Dufferin (approx. 15.3 kilometers away); The Hand Family of Stanton (approx. 15.3 kilometers away); The County of Dufferin (approx. 15.4 kilometers away); Windmill (approx. 15.5 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mulmur.
 
Ruskview Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tim Boyd, July 12, 2026
2. Ruskview Marker
Facing west on 25 Sideroad
Ruskview Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tim Boyd, July 12, 2026
3. Ruskview Marker
Ruskview, facing south image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tim Boyd, July 12, 2026
4. Ruskview, facing south
Ruskview, facing southeast image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tim Boyd, July 12, 2026
5. Ruskview, facing southeast
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 17, 2026. It was originally submitted on July 17, 2026, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 12 times since then. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 17, 2026, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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Jul. 31, 2026