Water and corduroy roads were the entrance to Verulam Township until in 1879, the Victoria Railway (later the Canadian National Railway) was constructed between Lindsay and Haliburton, via Fell's Station in the northwest.
Verulam Township was initially accessible only by water and corduroy roads; but with the construction of the Victoria Railway (later Canadian National Railway) between 1879, a new route to the area was established, passing through Fell's Station in the northwest.