- 2026-10-08An outstanding Canadian architect, civil engineer and railway manager, Cumberland was born in England and practiced there before immigrating to…
- 2026-10-08Verner was born at Sheridan, Halton County, and educated at Guelph. In 1856 he went to England to study art.…
- 2026-10-08A Hudson's Bay Company post named after a son of George III, Frederick House was established in 1785 to prevent…
- 2026-10-08One of Ontario's outstanding artists and teachers, Haines was born in Meaford and educated at this school. In 1896, he…
- 2026-10-08Anticipating the construction of the Buffalo, Brantford and Goderich Railroad through this region, Christopher and George Sparling acquired, during 1850-53,…
- 2026-10-08Settlement of Melancthon Township began in the late 1840s and coincided with the construction of the Toronto-Sydenham Road. By the…
- 2026-10-08Lieutenant-Governor Simcoe's visit to this locality in 1795 led to a grant to Aaron Culver, one of the districts earliest…
- 2026-10-08By 1821, Peleg Spencer was operating a grist-mill and sawmill on the South Nation River on a Clergy Lot he…
- 2026-10-08About 1850, some ten years after this area was settled, a school and a Methodist meeting house were erected here…
- 2026-10-08Before this region was settled, several Indian trails intersected here at a ford in Twelve Mile Creek. They were improved…