![]() to the website of the ![]() ![]() ![]() Downtown Tillsonburg - Broadway Originally called Dereham
Forge,
in 1836 the village which is situated
on the Big Otter creek, was renamed Tillsonburg in honour of its
founder, George Tillson. It was also in this year that the main street,
Broadway, was laid out to its full 100-foot (30 m) width. Because
the village was predominantly a logging and wood product center, the
street was to accommodate the turning of three-team logging wagons.
This width is now unique to Ontario and has become a benefit toward
handling the pressures of modern day traffic by providing angled
parking. The extension of Broadway is called Plank Line and is also
known as Highway 19.
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