Escarpment HWIM 02 001

2022-02-03T00:00:00Z

Escarpment "Maps made slightly later in the early 19th century show the portion running through the centre of Toronto as: "The New Road to Niagara", or "The Plank Road", or in one case "Bull's Road" because of one family with property on the road. But the name” Davenport" was attached to the route at a very early date, because the first house ever built on top of the escarpment in 1797 was called "Davenport" and access to the house, and those that followed later, was always from Davenport Road." Community History Project. "Designating Davenport: Preserving Ontario's Oldest Road." 2006. https://www.tollkeeperscottage.ca/html/DesignatingDavenportPhamlet.PDF