On Garafraxa Street (Highway 6) 0.1 kilometers south of Sideroad 1, on the right when traveling south.
Across the highway is the site of
the Former Chatsworth Continuation School
1912-1951
First Principal F.O. McMahon, 1912-1915
Last Principal F.E. Ahrens 1935-1951
and
Chatsworth Public School
1912-1968 — — Map (db m311579) HM
On Toronto Sydenham Street (highway 10) at Crawford Street, on the right when traveling north on Toronto Sydenham Street (highway 10).
This outstanding suffragette, author and teacher was born south of Chatsworth, in 1873 and moved with her family to Manitoba in 1880. Ten years later she commenced her teaching career in Manitou, where she became an active member of the Women's . . . — — Map (db m311581) HM
On Garafraxa Street (Highway 6) 0.1 kilometers south of Sideroad 1, on the right when traveling south.
The northern terminus of this early "colonization road" was located near here at its junction with the "Garafraxa Road". In 1848 the government ordered Charles Rankin, P.L.S, to survey a road from Melancthon Township through the present counties of . . . — — Map (db m311577) HM
On Saddler Street West, on the right when traveling east.
In 1842 Archibald Hunter, a Scottish immigrant, led a party
northward on the Garafraxa "colonization road" to the banks
of the Saugeen River. The resulting settlement was first
called Bentinck and later Durham, probably to honour the
English . . . — — Map (db m292189) HM
On 11th Avenue at 11th Street, on the right when traveling south on 11th Avenue.
Noah Brusso was born near Hanover in 1881. He took up professional boxing under the name of Tommy Burns, and although standing only 5 feet 7 inches and rarely heavier than 170 pounds, was a leading heavyweight. In 1906 by defeating Marvin Hart, he . . . — — Map (db m278310) HM
Born in Waterloo County, Daniel Knechtel came to Hanover
in 1864. Two years later, he began producing handcrafted
furniture and in 1874 opened a factory on this site. By
using local timber resources and applying the latest
techniques . . . — — Map (db m278306) HM
On 10th Street at 10th Avenue, on the right when traveling east on 10th Street.
[north side]
To commemorate the sacrifice of our honoured dead in the Great War 1914 - 1918
[east side]
Our honoured dead
Stanley Prewett James ·
Thomas Henry McGeach ·
Frederick George Hawkes ·
James Selkirk Wilson ·
Howard James . . . — — Map (db m279110) WM
On 10th Street 0.1 kilometers east of 10th Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
The Founding of Hanover
A tavern established here about 1849 by Abraham Buck
provided the nucleus around which a small settlement began
to develop. Strategically located at the intersection of the
Durham Road and a branch of . . . — — Map (db m278247) HM
On Tom Thomson Lane, on the right when traveling south.
One of Canada's most distinguished painters, Thomson was born at Claremont, Ontario County but two months later moved with his parents to Leith where he lived until the age of twenty-one. After working in Toronto as a commercial artist until 1913, . . . — — Map (db m158761) HM
On Barbara Street 0.2 kilometers north of Queen Street, on the left when traveling north.
John George Diefenbaker, the son of a local
school teacher, was born in this house on
September 18, 1895. A distinguished parliamentarian, he was first elected to the House
of Commons in 1940 and served as thirteenth
Prime Minister of Canada, . . . — — Map (db m278314) HM
On 1st Avenue West at 8th Street West, on the left when traveling north on 1st Avenue West.
[English] In 1814-1816 the first Admiralty Survey of Lake Ontario and Georgian Bay was undertaken by Admiral William Fitzwilliam Owen, after whom Owen Sound is named. His successor, Admiral Henry Wolsey Bayfield, completed the first survey of . . . — — Map (db m198330) HM
