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Ontario Historical Plaque
Epping Lookout, Bruce Trail
Location: Epping Lookout, Bruce Trail, about 12 miles
from Trout Hollow, near Meaford, Ontario, where Muir lived in a cabin
while working in a rake factory. On County Road 7, south of County
Road 40, off Highway 26 in Grey County.
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Photo courtesy of Scott Cameron, Canadian Friends of John
Muir.
Plaque Text:
John Muir 1838-1914
Born in Dunbar, Scotland, this famous naturalist, whose books and
articles played a significant role in the early development of the
United States National Park Service, emigrated with his family to Wisconsin
in 1849. Intensely interested in botany and geology, Muir set out in1864
on a walking tour of Canada West, during, which he traveled much of
what is known in Ontario today as the "Bruce Trail." His brother Daniel,
employed since the previous year at the rake factory of William Trout
and Charles Jay, near Meaford, induced him to take employment there
also. In 1866 Muir returned to the United States, where in later years
he became a leading champion of conservation.
Archeological and Historical Sites Board of Ontario
For more photos and a map, see http://www.ontarioplaques.com/Plaques/Plaque_Grey12.html
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