Newspaper clipping of an article about the first historical plaque in Innisfil, unveiled Sunday June 23rd at 2:30pm. Title of the plaque, which has been erected on property donated by Hilton Webb, is "Mast For a Great Ship". The Plaque reads: "Here grew some of the largest pines ever found in Ontario. In 1853 a 120-foot log was cut on the farm of Thomas Webb, lot 23 concession 12, one of three large pines whose stumps still remain. Hauled to the water by ten teams of horses, the log was shipped to England to become a mast for the "Great Eastern." This epic iron vessel, the first with both sail, steam, launched in 1858, was for forty years the largest ship in the world."
