Historical Markers and War Memorials in Latchford, Ontario

By Cosmos Mariner, June 1, 2022

Fondation de la Ville de Latchford
(marker east side)

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1 ► Ontario, Timiskaming District, Latchford — Founding of the Town of Latchford / Fondation de la Ville de Latchford —

[English] Latchford began in 1903 as Montreal River Station, a town site and river crossing for the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway, the colonization line designed to open the Little Clay Belt to settlement and provide . . . — — Map (db m208488) HM

2 ► Ontario, Timiskaming District, Latchford — Sergeant Aubrey Cosens, V.C. — A Magnificent Canadian — 1921-1945 —

Born in Latchford and raised near Porquis Junction, Cosens enlisted in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada, Canadian Active Service Force, 1940 and transferred to the Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada in 1944. Early on February 26, 1945, his . . . — — Map (db m208559) HM WM

3 ► Ontario, Timiskaming District, Latchford — Sherman Mine Iron Ore — Temagami, Ontario —

For more than two decades, ending in the late 1980’s the Sherman Mine provided ore for the DOFASCO steel mill in Hamilton, and work for the people of Latchford and area. The sample is comprised of “iron formation” that in this case is composed of . . . — — Map (db m208521) HM

4 ► Ontario, Timiskaming District, Latchford — The Ferguson Highway —

In 1925 the Ontario government began construction of this 260-mile trunk-road between Cochrane and North Bay. The road was intended to link the rapidly developing mining and agricultural communities of “New Ontario” with the province's southern . . . — — Map (db m208500) HM