at the beginning of the War of 1812, running from Urbana, Ohio, to Detroit of which a part was a corduroy road. This segment, the only known extant portion of the Trace, contains the remains of the corduroy road segment. It is located in Brownstown, Michigan. It is on public display at the River Raisin National Battlefield Park. By the early 1800s, a corduroy road had been built along what is now King Street in Waterloo, Ontario in Canada; its remains were unearthed under the roadway in 2016. The road was probably built by Mennonite settlers between the late 1790s and 1816. A historian explained that the road had been built for access to a mill but was also "one of the first roads cut through (the woods) so people could start settling the area". Similar types of road The puncheon or plank road uses hewn boards instead of logs, resulting in a smoother and safer surface. Origin The name "corduroy road" refers to the road's ridged appearance similar to corduroy fabric. See also Boardwalk Corduroy Road Remains Footbridge References External links Types of roads Plank road