Inscription. 
In the late 1860s the need to develop a local agricultural base to serve the growing population of the Thunder Bay region became apparent, and when the 1873 survey of Oliver Township indicated that it contained good agricultural land, attention focused here. Active efforts were begun to encourage farmers from the region and elsewhere in Ontario to settle on the free grant lands in the township, and within five years some seventy families had moved here. In 1878 to facilitate the construction of badly needed roads two settlers, Robert Hopkins and David Squires, led a movement to establish a local township government. Elections were held on December 30, 1878, and three days later the newly elected township officials were sworn into office.

Erected by The Ontario Heritage Foundation, Ministry of Culture and Recreation.

Location. 

48° 24.7′ N, 89° 30.134′ W. Marker is in Murillo, Ontario, in Thunder Bay District. Marker is on Oliver Road just east of Baxendale Drive, on the right when traveling east. The marker is mounted on the railing on the west side of the stone cairn in front of the Oliver Paipoonge Municipal Centre. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4569 Oliver Road, Murillo ON P0T 2G0, Canada.

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