GPS Coordinates of

Huron Historic Gaol Canada

Central address: 181 Victoria St N, Goderich, ON N7A 1W7, Canada

Elevation: 219.642
Time Zone: America/Detroit

Latitude: 43° 44' 58.8336'' N
Longitude: 81° 42' 29.9736'' W

Huron Historic Gaol, Canada

The latitude of Huron Historic Gaol is 43.749676, and the longitude is -81.708326. Huron Historic Gaol is located in Goderich, Canada with the gps coordinates of 43° 44' 58.8336'' N and 81° 42' 29.9736'' W. The category of Huron Historic Gaol is Historic Sites.

The Huron Historic Gaol was established as the Huron County Gaol (Jail) for Upper Canada's Huron District. Clearing of the land began in Goderich, Ontario in 1839 and the jail was constructed between 1839 and 1842 using stone from the Maitland River Valley and from Michigan. The octagonal jail was designed by Thomas Young, modelled after Jeremy Bentham’s Panopticon design for prison construction, common in mid-19th century Britain and North America.

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