- 2026-10-08The sawmill and grist-mill completed here on the Mississippi River in 1823 by Daniel Shipman provided the nucleus around which…
- 2026-10-08In 1791, James Wilson, in partnership with Richard Beasley, built a sawmill and a grist mill on the site of…
- 2026-10-08By 1836, the earliest settlers on the site of Arkona, notably Henry Utter, Nial Eastman and John Smith, had located…
- 2026-10-08Arthur, named for Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, was the southern terminus of the Garafraxa "colonization road" to Owen Sound.…
- 2026-10-08In October 1817, John Van Patter, an emigrant from New York State, obtained 200 acres of land and became the…
- 2026-10-08Thomas W. Burgess, Bala's first settler, brought his family here to "Musquosh Falls" in 1868, probably aboard the steamer "Wenonah."…
- 2026-10-08Settlement of this village, one of Ontario's oldest communities, began in 1784 when discharged soldiers from Jessup's Rangers, a Loyalist…
- 2026-10-08In 1832 Carel Lodewijk, Baron van Tuyll van Serooskerken, a Dutch nobleman, purchased large holdings in the Huron Tract including…
- 2026-10-08Surveyed in 1862 by Robert T. Burns, P.L.S., McLean Township was opened for settlement in 1868 under the Free Grants…
- 2026-10-08The settlement of this area began following the survey in 1793 of the lots fronting on the Belle River, among…