德文璞道
德文璞道（英語：Davenport Road）是加拿大安大略省多倫多的一條東西向的主幹道。它被認為是沿著易洛魁冰川湖舊海岸線陡坡腳下的一條古老的原住民小徑。[1][2]它目前東起央街，西至舊韋斯頓道（Old Weston Road）。
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| 西端 | 舊韋斯頓道 |
|---|---|
| 東端 | 央街（延續為教堂街） |
這條道路以1797年軍人約翰·麥基爾（John McGill）的Davenport house命名，位於今巴佛士街（Bathurst Street）夾德文璞道的東北角附近。它可能是以駐紮在約克堡的德文璞少校（Major Davenport）命名。[3]約瑟·威士上校（Colonel Joseph Wells）買下了這處房產，並拆除了1821年麥基爾所建的房子。威士曾擔任上加拿大書院（Upper Canada College）的校務管理機構成員、銀行董事及司庫員。杜邦街（Dupont Street）及威士山路（Wells Hill Avenue）皆以他的兒子佐治·杜邦·威士（George Dupont Wells）命名。[1]
這條路於1833年在上加拿大約克城外鋪設，修繕費用由通行費支付。[4]每隔數公里就有一座收費亭，靠近今巴佛士街夾德文璞道，收費亭一直保存至現今。
在1837年上加拿大起義期間，叛軍領袖威廉·萊昂·麥肯齊親手焚毀了著名保守黨人R. C. Horne博士在德文璞道夾央街處的住宅。
1912年，位於巴佛士街夾德文璞道西南角的農場成為Abe Orpen的山巒馬場（Hillcrest Racetrack）。這條賽道只開放了數年，於1916年關閉。該地點現為多倫多公車局的Hillcrest Yard。
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參考文獻
- ^ 1.0 1.1 Bradburn, Jamie. Goin' Down the Davenport Road. The Torontoist. July 7, 2011 [January 27, 2012]. （原始內容存檔於2012-10-23）.
Waves from a glacial lake once lapped along it. When the water receded, the winding path at the bottom of the escarpment left behind proved an ideal path for local aboriginal peoples to travel between the Toronto Carrying Place along the Humber River and the Don River to the east.
- ^ Davenport Road: There are four plaques about this road. Toronto Plaques. [2022-08-08]. （原始內容存檔於2020-06-25）.
- ^ Davenport. [2022-08-08]. （原始內容存檔於2022-08-08）.
- ^ Designating Davenport: Preserving Ontario's oldest road (PDF). Community History Project. June 2006 [March 21, 2012]. （原始內容存檔 (PDF)於2016-03-03）.
The ancient trail that converted gradually into a road is, without question, the oldest and longest route in Ontario. Within the City of Toronto the central portion is called Davenport, while its eastern extension has many names but most commonly is called Kingston Road. Westward from the Humber River, it also has many names, the most commonly used one is Dundas Street because it was joined by the built route from Fort York to the Humber crossing of Davenport.
- ^ Macbeth, AG. Bicycle lanes in Toronto. ITE Journal. 1999 [February 3, 2012].[永久失效連結]
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