Chatham Main Street Sketch

Sketch of Chatham Main Street made by Lt Col Bainbridge in 1832.The original drawings can be seen in the Chatham Kent Museum

But travelling on roads like this was hard. In the winter of 1836 Anna Jameson recorded, ' … such were the roads that we were once six hours going eleven miles…going from one town or inn to the next occupied sometimes a day and a night… or even two days…'