Smithville

(corner of Plank Road and LaSalle Line)

One of several toll-keepers along the Plank Road, the Smithville toll-keeper would collect the toll from travellers and then raise the wooden pole to permit them to continue. The toll-keeper’s home, 1962 Plank Road, is a private residence and is one of the two surviving original buildings in the hamlet.

Source:

Carter, Floreen Ellen. Place Names of Ontario. Vols. 1 & 2. London, Ont.: Phelps Publishing Company, 1984, second printing, 1985. ISBN 0-920298-39-7

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