EPONYM

The Links at Monck's Landing takes its name in homage to local history - nearby Monck Road (currently County Road 45, formerly Hwy 503) runs past the golf course 3km to the south. Monck Road, in turn, takes its name from Sir Charles Stanley - Canada's first Governor General.

THE GUV'NER

Sir Charles Stanley, (4th Viscount Monck, 1st Baron Monck), 1819–94, British colonial administrator, born in Ireland: governor general of Canada 1861–68.

THE MONCK ROAD

The Monck Road was named to honour Charles Stanley Monck, Governor-in-Chief of the Canadian provinces from 1861. Lord Monck presided with distinction over confederation and became first Governor-General of Canada 1867-68.

The road was built to open up land for settlement and as a military road. Fear of American power and Fenian threats in the 1860's gave urgency to plans for an inland route from the upper Great Lakes to the Ottawa River, an alternative to the St. Lawrence route which was vulnerable to American attack.

From Lake Couchiching, surveys for this road were began in 1864, building in 1866. Completed in 1873, the road extended 100 miles east to the Hastings Road (Bancroft) where it joined other roads to Ottawa.

per: Simcoe County Historical Association, 1977.