Being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I found this sign delightful. I looked up the history, and apparently there was a settlement of LDS converts who joined the church in the 1830s in that area. In 1846, they hacked the Nauvoo Road through the forest to link up with the main road running to Sarnia, Ontario, where they could cross the border into the U.S. They all eventually made their way to join the body of the church in Nauvoo, Illinois, and there weren't many church members in Ontario after that until the 1950s or 60s. Fascinating! And neat that they've kept the road names.
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