MARYSVILLE

NAME: MARYSVILLE COUNTY: ONTARIO ROADS: 2WD GRID: CLIMATE: Snow in winter BEST TIME TO VISIT: Spring summer or fall

COMMENTS: REMAINS: The historic tavern still serves drinks to thirsty travelers.

The American Revolution played a part in establishing settlements in Ontario, particularly along the shoreline of Lake Ontario east of Toronto. Marysville was one of those early villages. Expelled from the war-torn Colonies south of the border, Loyalists toiled to re-establish themselves in the safety of a British territory. Marysville had its beginning during the 1870s as a stopping place on the Kingston Road. A small railway station was built with the arrival of the Grant Trunk Railroad and the town began to grow. It has survived to this day with more modern homes but the ghost of its earlier existence can be seen.

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