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By William Fischer, Jr., March 10, 2024
Forwarders' Museum and Marker
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1 ► Ontario, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Prescott — Forwarders' Museum — c1810 — Designated Historic Property —
On Centre Street at Water Street West, on the right when traveling south on Centre Street.
Built by William Gilkison — — Map (db m242859) HM
2 ► Ontario, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Prescott — The Forwarding Trade at Prescott
On Water Street West 0.1 kilometers west of Centre Street, on the left when traveling west. Reported missing.
Before the completion of the canals between here and Montreal in 1847, Prescott was the eastern terminus of Great Lakes navigation. Established at the head of Galops Rapids in 1810, it soon became a centre for the forwarding, or shipping, trade and . . . — — Map (db m221393) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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