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From Miller Family Tree:
"Andrew ·Miller was born. in U1ster County 1n the
.
. State of New York,
U.LS". A. 1n October 1766. �When he was a boy
all h1.s people were killed by the Indians and he alone was
taken alive by them.
In l 779; the Indians brought him into.
Magara, a prisoner boy; hem' he was redeemed from them by John
Burob:·: Esq., with whom he lived until he was g·rown up. Me mar
r ied
the d'aughter of a United Emp·ire Loyalist and with a feeling ot
deep grat1 tude toward his benefao�tor, JOhn B:.uroh, he named his
eldest; aon after him, J.ohn· Bur.ch Hiller.
In 17.93 he took up land on the :frontier 1n the county
of' Lincoln (Welland) Canad.a; thi� was or.t the N,1agara River aboui
t;1ve.-miles aelow For.t Erie at the· end of an. Indian �ail lead.ill€
llaok through the wood.a t·o<Port CJol.bo�e. He did ne>t :r.eciive a
cleed the Ol"oW1l for t,)Jlj,.s l$.nd ��J;]. the<y,ear 1801.
Iiater he tool!
up· other l'a?ldil from the cJ:rown.- ill Jl·j.f':f'ere:D.'t, parts Of the P�TUOE
In J\U;e 1809 he 'wa� &pp�'fin�e'd � .Jt11aiga in the '?hir.d
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Ita&iment
ct M1111t1a'.tn the I>1·str��t� of. N,�agara, commandecl by/
I,jleute-.t· Gelot>.el J.ehn lfarmrk ''lit,s Excel1ency S'ir Pnancia Go?'E
was then D.ieutellallt. <B>V'erno:r.:'Of tlae-P-r.ovmoe of. tJpper .O&na<la.
Andrew' Miller lived on :tne l'and he first· reeeivet.t tnon
the <n-ow.n until he di$Gl til JU:Uaey 1843, and his :family and
(eace»;dants will be found on the f'amily _tree�·
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my knowledge the above is correet..
"Albe� Weatb.erstone Miller�' Fort Erie
. T.O the best of
February 25,
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1909.
*Andrew Miller (1766-1843) and his wife, Elizabe'bh.
we·re buried under a tree on the preperty as
was the custom 1n those days, but later removed to the family
plot at St. Jbhn' s .Anglican Churchyard, Ridgemount.
Everittt
{1772-1841)
S!'l' JDI:IN;' 5,
ilGI..-J: QAN, cmtJRGJE, RIDGmIDUN'lL
1his church was
the
in
1840
on the old trail when
diocese of Toronto embraced nearly all of the Province of
Ontario west
st·raeh:e.n.
and.
built
was
of that o1 ty and
was
The Parish of Waterloo
in
charge
of its first
under
the supervision of B:1shoJ
covered the township of Bertie
re c t o r
at
that time,
Jbhn. Anderson, through whose efforts the Church
serve the
needs C!>f his rural
y e ars in the
,
same
parish1oneers.
AJ.l
Saints
from St.
ereoted
Paul's,
one
Fort Erie,
of the
and
this
first on the frontie
joined with the :aew
Anglican Church in Ridgeway, under the charge or
the· same Ractor�
M8J;l.y pioneers
to
1953 after 135
parish originally known. as Waterloo,
picturesque and historic Ohuroh,
separated
In
was
the Rev.
of the dist:riot and their
·
�3
descendants
sleep
cemetery adjoining
in the
my immediate family,;
Mill?.rs,
Laurie a
Churoh,
the
including
�sons.
and the
;'!LITTLE AFRlGA II
01n the
there
is a negrE>
remains of the
side of the trail opposite St.
ceme�-ry
village of "Little Africa" which waq
Stowe's
slaves
south,
who
eame to
drifted to other -parts of
white oak,
across
logs by the
own
Ontario-where their
most
place
was
a
thought that
Hlll on the
tra:1l, at
from
the river to :tbe lake.
source
this spring had its
1n
historian and
something unust\al here, as there 1a a
seems
to
200 fee�
long,
!
have �oved
the.,,l:ake,
It
the water
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Miller of ROrt Erie,
wide an� nearl�
the !oei>t of the
spring of clear tresll__ w,a-t_er_ whiJ>h must have
lfy_ 0C1h:1s1n,
coming dowrcthrough the strata of 11.mestone.
A.. W.
of whioh were
;
been very w•loome to travellers
was
200-odd
neighborhood stores and ohurch.
AT Spl it Rack
there
rich
was
quite posperous and
was
SPlilT:. BO.OK if-ILL
cliff,
The
hickory.
thousands,
area
re-shipped from Tonawanda to
The
eastern United States centres.
had its
ash and
maple,
between
dwindled and
time, the
At the
N.i�ara River a.nd
the
entirely
in H-arriet B:eeeher
populat'ion
southern and western
descendants are to be found today.
rafted
the
Th i s village flourished
1840 to 1875, but after that date, the
residents labored to out
Ohuroh,
Canada by the Underground.
popularized many years ae;o
novel '.'Um.ole Tm
o 's Ga.bin11•
in black walnut,
a
oalled Duna.hower and supposedly
.,
po.pulated b7 Negro
route from the
John'
away
r
from
the l!ate
Naturalist, says there is
crevice,
two
to three :feet
where the Guter edge .of'
limestone
the main body of rook. He says this
'
down 1I'l. the
ro-ok -faces
orev1ce
h.ave
been
ar;e
. � _. _,
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.
large area et rook dicl.n11t
Just t.ip ·over
·-,...
s1de.lf�s, �·cau�e
the
.walls
straight. and parallel and he thinks �e.se
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.
together for a
thousand
'IW'
y:ears
pemaps.
At
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cotton or lace factory!
here is the native abode of innocence
and peaee. T.liese children never see their parents contending
and quarrelling a.bout dogma.t'1cal points in religion or politics,
for the i r pa.rents ref'Use to adopt creeds, and are lo;ral and tru.e
to the government which pro't;ects them; w ill iilgl y obedient to .the
law..9 enemies o:f e:ppression, the friends of al.l mankina, oh::a.r.l table
and humane. Th"iS is the oharaoter of a tl"llle professor of the
religion of Fox, R�rolay and. Pe?l+l".
"e>pposite the sehool-hou·ae and fastened to the 'bougb:,s of the
lo1'ty beech and maple trees whioh surround the area, are placed
t'wo swings, made ot the ba�k of the elm and bass-wood, prepared 1n
an ashe:cy; one is for the boy.a·,
the other for the girls. I took a;
turn 1n one of thees machines, was sent a.loft 1n the a.1r. and
thought for a few minutes that I£had gone baok to the halcyon day's·
of youth.
Mr. Wilson then took us to see the burying ground of
the Society, $ere these children of peaoe rest in quiet, awaiting
their eternal morning�
We retired to dine at Mr. momas Moore Is,
much pl.eased tpat we li'ad not. missed the Quaker meeting-l:touse.
"Mr Moore, 1n 1813, planted 1n the fall, ninety-nine apple
trees on an aere of ground, on an acol1v1ty - they now :f'o:rm an
exoellent and valuable bearing orchard; this is worthy of 1m1tat1en.
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*B.ert1e and Humb.erstone Townships were known as the
Quaker townships. This was because the early pioneers from blew .
Jersey and Pennsy�vania were members of the Society of Fr1ena.a.
Memn.on1tes, and �ers (United BTtlthren).
·
In the
)
uH-istory of the Society o:r Friendsn
"Among the earliest Quaker pioneers
Ola:arle s
were
Willson and
Asa Schooley,
Dorland.:
the Niagar8.' District
�
wre
wh o se hospitable homes
many
pl ac e s of rest and refreshment for
in
by.
a weary traveller in first.
crossing into Ca.Dadlan Territy and a valuable clue to the Friends
in this
, J<&octrh
B:ert1e
dist'riot was
E$1ven in the J ourals of J.Oseph Moore
L1ild1ey,-well-known
and Hu.mberatone in
in New Jersey no oame to
ministers
1793 and
The follow1-:Q.g-are some
1.dndley' s Jburp.a:Lof l.797:
of
and
again in
the
1797.
",
names mentioned._:=_��oC)J:l-
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"Asa and Sarah Schooley; Ch::arlet' Willson; . .Ibsepli and Arm
Marsct; Iraniel and Patienoe Pound; John and J4ry Harrit; J.ohn Ollt!;er;
Obadiah Dennis, Wllliam LW:ldy; Jeremy Moore; "'John.Moore; Thoa.Mere•r;
.
A.dam and Sarah Bilrwell; J.ohn and Alm.StevelliS, Abraham Webster;
ctoseph. Havens; John T lor.; John &111 and Benjamin Hlll."
T.olfN\: ·HftLL ,
)
'llh:e trail
which was huil t in
The
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IE\ Rll)'lEVAY::
inter1�;--;f ,the
I
tak es· us'
1874
past the town h'&ll in R1dg•way;,
and was a stone building
b1111lding was
just
one 1
8.rge
with
a;
.
·
slate- 'xwQf.
room whell built., ,
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with
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a'
p�_a�forlD
high .
two :to.ot
a� the east end. A.
large
wod
. --
&l.tood ins id� the front do•!' to p�"V:1de h-.a.t _·&rld . the oil.d
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mumtea show that a man was
to light the t1rea ant trim the
stove
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oil
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lamps .
Many yea.rs· betore /te
h turn of the century
.
.
was eree·ted to ho111. s� the tow.ship
·the ma.in
building but
llER'fIE.: TODSH IP�)
.
·
(Gross
and.
resicll.ents
Reads
lUd.ge
is.
was
f!nter.ed from
ja.11.
a:·
small·
'Dils aclJo1-ed.
out:s14e door until
an
1.92E
CJOUBG.IL!�
.
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pmTioua::.to
January 26·, 1850,
·�
I
bu�ld1n,g
a tew..
·=�
p11d
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thought'
m·ada).
W�llaoll' a
Mrs.
met at
to
_the lm1la1ng of
Inn,
the
hall,
town
whet
Bartie
O:roas lfaad.,
Bfe
have» been at the 1nteraeot1on of
George Hardison
w:�s
the
clerk of
!O.
Qet.ing
the
aIJ
Isaae Braun the
towasreeve (:the oopperp;lattt w:niting
of the first
leg1bJ.e.)
townserver or
·
m1lm.tes was not
Riohard Graham, Wm.
o:ther
R8'8.tlta and
early
MoVilliams,
Iiewie' s
It
the
Inn
days had to
Buck's
ooun.cil.
sixpence for each
tor
($ti.even.sv1lle
a.
the appointnients
The p,ound
the firat o:t'fenoe and 2
sub.aeque:nt of'fenee were
made at
keepers of those e ar:
dei!l.l with horses, rams, boars and pigs.
shilling and tb:ree pence
were
inns and
at various
Waterloo and Pa.l iner'
1a interesting to no.te
meet1ng-o-r- t he
seoond
held
in.eluding P�lmer' a,
at
in attendance
B•niJamin HOllse.
meetings were
'taverna in the Tewn.ship,
o:thers
Fines of
one
ahillil;Jg
and
1e v ied on tho-.e who
allc
animals to roam at large.
Arter the li:all
ot
was
used for all
muDe1
meetings, oonce_rtt.a, dances and t'raTelling shows and pl'ays,
1lilClud1ng
...:i
was bull t, it:.
" Uacle
T"Om'
a
Cabin",
the p�pu.lar
play of .the
.t.1mes
•
'the town hall was renovated in 1961.
GOHf.tURl.lT'IOlf:; OF THE TD.IL� Again taking up the trail to the l.ake,
pit just owt of R1dse1"aY
Indian cemetery in the
past
th�
g�·yel
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_ trail, -tums �to��o Bay, now· Oeys�al.-:-:ti-$.'Cll:. �c-�Itwa-8�
.
·
used in the War
especially. in· th�
aet1an
:-:·
the
.�·C2J···
;
,
,
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.
1812�14,
-- ----:·-��'i-�-;--- r:-:---Oc_____,., ------ - on:
fought
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Quee.ri'
plaque in the
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Thla action
�1 rele a � O�rys tal
Great Dakes.
the
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l1�•JL_,_tlil
oaJlllll�m(),;a,1tec1
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my
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bPftRE OF THE SOMERS AND OH-IOJ
.110� the :ijigh�- of August 12, 1814,
a·eamen
�4 ma�µies, l_ed by Captain Al.lexander Ti. ��')) a, �:lf.l
•JJ1Jl·��-d 111 th1�" sYiej;ni ty to attempt th•- eap\'lre e·t three
a�ed� tr;s� tJ.choo���a lying oft American liela··rdrt. i:r.1e.
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seve�tf.
. O�e. o.f: the a:ix :b,'A•�• used had been aarr��-4-]-(�@l��5)ti1lea
1'-3'ci)m�:qtl9.•n-•!-�n,<'f'!li1le the ethers were�l:r�u9i.f"J�:V•J!"J.$Iid fri>m
F.�JP..,q�en' s Qi'!Jlt'.� Masquerading as supply 'o�.:t,t:; "tli•
. tel'oel(:,boan(ed a.lid seized the ·Somera and ' OlJ.'1(),��,_.-:�lie :::Porcupine
al,.one 41acapiqg. -.be of the attackers, 111oluG.�.th�1r
-- •!-�-�!!�,--�?!- c�mmu4 _, Lieu telllallt 0-ople sten��(f:1�1°e, R·, :&;,,
. were 1tilleci-.
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ORm�BEACH.'AMUJIEMUI\
•
a
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assembly
religious
Ritbstook wa•
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PtABK,
auch
The purpose
central theme
to be
was
It was
·ata�d in l,888 ELS
of the totmde�, John
Cottage
O'ity,
E.
mental uplift of the Common
•by
rel 1eve4
referred. to
meeting. ground, Chautauqua
as
·
o�1s1nally
a
as
few
a
clio ice
sort e>t oombiJ:I.-
Assembly and cont·muoua
It was modelled after several other
circus.
time,
wa·a
ground..
side-show: at!tractionan.
at1on camp
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"tor the spiritual and
People " and the
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communities at the
ll:.Y:.
Martha's V-1neyard and Chautauqua,
It featured several small hotels for the "bowi--and pitcher type"
tents,
lunch
rooms,
an
auditorium and big amphitheatre located
just under the ridge where the assemblies were held:
house on the beach front. where
l·argest
of the hotels .and
the
'Ilb:.e assemb1.y
b:ath house is now,
was
the
was used f'or hous1:q.g the enter:tainer,s.
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Later XJ.amed the Royal, it was destl'()y;ed by fire in 1923.
The
in the
Queen's
plaque
Circle
of the Capture of the Setme?"a and Ohio i&f .
wb.ioh
was
laid o u t by
Ohe.l"le#
'E. Wc:u1d..
.A
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in fair weather or foul for thirteen years until
business b y
the new Peace Bridge
at Fo rt Erie built
There was also at the Point,
These
houses, purchased
at the
in 1901,
ion in Buffalo
site
at
the Pan American Exposit
were hauled to the Point in hay racks.
the Wi sc on s in
formerly
the E xh ibitio n was carried from its orig in al
in Delaware Park in
Exp�orers'
in 1927.
two Pan-American houses
close of
The house purchased by Henry Dickinson,
State Building
forced out of
48
loads.
The other,
known as the
was bought by James A.
headquarters in darkest Africa,
removed
Johnson but was torn down a few years after it was
to
the Point.
HUMBEHSTONE TOWN8H1IP
The old
ridge between Mlller' s
Indian trail along the limestone
Creek and Point Abino Bay would end at
Point A.bino when it reached
the
but for the
lake,
�a.ke of history
o th er trails will be c on tinu e d through Hu m bersto ne to Port C:olbor
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There
rounding the
Abraham Neff and
in the
M 1 o h ae l Sherk
also
Township.
that date,
Christian Stoner,
their families.
and George
William Steele
Humberstone
setÂ
Zavitz had
and John Near in the
(1783).
In
for a
to
brought
Christian Knisley had
township,
)
sur-
Township was first settled
As early as 1781,
In 1783 Daniel Knisley,
same year
that Bertie
(Sugar Loaf
but at le as t four years prior
h ad received settlers.
tled
to be many unusual oircumstances
settlement of Humberstone
have stated
Historians
in 1785,
seem s
1797
the inhabitants of Sugar Lo af had petitioned
survey:
"
That near 100 families are
now
settled in that
)
quarter (around the point called Sugar Loaf above Fort Erie
on
lands not yet surveyed subject from this c1rcumatanoe to the many
inconveniences att end in g their situation, particularly to disputeE
about Limits and Encroachments the one on the other.
Therefore most humbly suppl icatirig your Excellency
will have the goodness to order a Survey to be made of theae landE
with such dispatch
as
you
in your wisdom my
see fit.
.
Newank,
M ar.
30 1�'
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Signed:
Abrm Laing, Joel W. Morris, Wilson Doan ' Eliza Doan .
Nathan Havens, Jos. Stevens, Azali ah Schooley, Jehoida
SDhooley, John H�rr1t, John CUtler, Peter Carver, Amos Mor:
Jas. Wilson, Sam 1 Wil so n, John Br.aley, Wm Cook, .A.sa SohooJ
Christopher Richards, J�s. Edsall, Daniel Forsyth, Mi ch a el
Sherk, J:as. Edsall, Christian TlrOyer, Jason Millard, Dan
Willard, Heart South, 'rhos. Milla.rd., 'llitue 1)c)e.n, Enos Ik>an
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SHERCSTON:: Gary Smith, Welland Tir1bune, who wrote a history of
Peter Sherk founder of "Sherkston" says:
"The small but widely known community of Sherkston,
located about six and one half miles east of Port Oolborne '
undoubted drew it.s name orig in al l y from the large Sherk
settlement there.
It was the f am i ly of Peter Sherk, who h8
moved to Canada at the age of nine , which made up most of
this Sherk population.
For Peter Sherk, who married three
times had ten sons and four daughters and almost all settle
in the immediate Sherkston area.
It was not an unusually
large family for the era, but it was unusual for so many
sons to grow up, settle on farms and play suoh a vital role
in the growth of the community.
Peter lived in a log house just north east of the of
present intersection of Sherkston Raad with Empire Road
Later he set up his f 1rat store in the Sherkston area lo cat
almost directly across the road from the present site of th
Sherkston Pttblio School."
the
EARI:.Y MENNONITE. SETTLERS:
J. er.
Fretz in the Mennonite Review says the .Mennonite settle
coming into Humberstone Township before
House;
John,
Abram and Jacob N·eave
and Jacob Huffman.
and Christian House,
(
Oastier, Gasper)
Those
After that
1800
(Neff);
James and Frede
were
Jaeob
and J.d8.Ill B.owman
oame John and Henry Neaffe,
J-cseph and
Moses
Doan,
Haun;
Joseph
John
J.asper
and Ohristian Knisley.
Shirk,
1n Re rt i e Township were Jacob Sevitz who
came in 1788.
The next year came John and Christian Troyer who continued their
than a hundred miles west to Long Point on Lake Erie.
Journey more
Among the hundred names listed for grants of land in
Peter Carver,
Hershey who
Hersey
came
JQhn Braley,
Titus
and Wi lso n Doan,
1793.
oame from Lancaster County in
at about
born in Bertie
Peter Zavitz
Enos,
1n
the
1796
same time.
came
1793
The
are
and B�njan
Abram and Ch.ri stj
father of
Benjamin
Sherk,
from Lancaster
County.
{Michael Sherk'!
an
pioneer
also.
appears t0 have been
early
Other
�14
names appearing before
After 1800 there oame
and Abram Wintemute.
,,,
George,
'
Haun,
John and Pet er Wintemute,
Benjamin,
Jacob Johnson,
Frederick Hause ,
Philip B.end.•l
1800 are Mathias Horn (Haun).
into Bertie
Township,
William Haun,
David Bearss,
Jacob
John Earnheart
and B enj am in Morningstar.
Peter Learn a.nd. Jaoob
FIRS.�'i M:ENNON:J:TE <m.URCH
This
ohuroh is on the old Sherkston Road wb.ioh
and
said to be an old Indian trail,
The
ohuroh property at
the Mennonite
Trustees.
by the Mennonite minister and deacon,
congregation at Sherkston,
T11.is became
erected.
B e rt ie Township
by a brick
was deeded by Samuel Sherk to
It is olear·"tihat soon afte r the deed of property
Ta:-uetees for the
..._,1
in Chr �st Sh�r-��-t.
in 1828 with George Zavitz and Peter Sherk,
Society
received in 1828,
was
Sherkston
Brethren
now
is
who were
a log church building
th e first Mennonite house of worship
served for thirty years.
and
was
ohuroh in 1853, and
then by
s.
in
This was replaced
cement blo o k
structure
in 1917.
In 1828
on
the
or
Ntagars. River
west of Stevensville
:
also s aid that
all
soon after there
waa
al s o a pl a c e of worshil
far from Chippawa,
Rti>ad not
was known
as
the B:laok
denominations used these
and a log
It
Creek Church.
churches
ohuroh
is
in the early
days
HUMBERSTONE V1ILLAGE
canal, a
(STONEBRIDGE)
creek passed
through
:
the
Before
construction of the
the site of this village
settlers sank stones in the water to make a c rossing.
given was Peterburgh.
Port Colborne,
as the first
settlers
one
came
of the
in 1850 when the harbour at Port
and late r when railway faoilit.ie
Humberstone.
s
in 1781 and by 1817 it
grist mill,
thriving u nt il 1832 when the first lo�ek
However,
Another name
The village was more prosperous than
boasted of eighty-five houses,
..._; '
and the
a saw mill and was
canal was
bu11 t.
Colborned was enlarged
imp ro ved ,
Pt.
Colb.orne out-stripp
�15
THE GRii:.A'l'
CRANBERRY MARSH.
During the 1974
·......_,.., .'
Christmas holidays
I remembered that CraX?-ber.ry Sauce was always on
uables long ago
berries
stone
came
'
Grandmother s
at. my
from the
000
annually
spent large
the
<llir1atmaa
and al so at home.
1.be
Cranberry marsh 1n the townships of Hum'.
and Wainfleet.
about 13,
while writing
1854
In
a"t>res of wast:e
sum a
it was
estimated that there
land in the townships.
The
in draining the marsh lands,
sold in t ra c ts convenient for settlers
we�
Count:
which ,
as fa s t as they became
arable.
SUGA.fr'. LOAF AND PORT.- QOLBOBNE
The patent f'rom the
town is built was given to a
was mamed for the
Crown
man
for land on wh1oh
named Robinson.
canal.
Sligar Loaf Hill,
oonical,
hill upwards of
150
feet
a lofty,
a
i t had
observatory on the
lake
well known land mark in early days.
and surrounding country
In
1832, the
a village of shanties
opened
was
used in
sprang up
those days
.
loaf of
At one time
seen.
could be
first look of
the earth
a
top from which a fine view of the
the canal was
built and
and several boarding houses
A large force of men wer(
in what is now Port Colborne.
needed to excavate
beach and
well wooded sand
1n he ight and resembling
sugar was
an
<k'avelly R�
amount of gravel tound along the
became the southern terminal fo r the
the
and lay the lock as no machinery
They had their p ro b lems as As1atio
cholera broke out among the labourers and many died and the
had
to be
suspelilded,
In
surveyed
but when winter
1834 W.H-�
it into lots.
name Port Oolbo�e
was
oame the
wo1
cholera d 1sappea1
Merritt purchased mGst of the land and
A post office
given in
honour
was
established and the
of Sir John Colborne.
�was
"British North American Hotel"
·f
Many members
by Lord
accompanied
(
"
Chief J\J.st1oe
of Parliament
Elgin.
"
Rr:>binson ,
They
Tho rold
They had
locked
through the canal
across
the
crew
to visit the
oanal
to
by
camp
and to
carriages
for the night
as
aecommodation in the village.
The village grew as vessels
and
came
crossed Lake Ontario on the
oame to
Port Colborne by steamers.
there was n o
opened..
lake
and this
to purchase
often had
or for favorable winds
afforded oppQrtunites
food and clothing.
to wait to b•
to
waft them
for the
captain
A great trade tor ahip
chandlers and a fine market for the fa rme r s opened up and they
their produce
brough
Steam
tugs
were
to Port Oi:>lborne rather than
S:tonebr.1dge.
needed and seTeral people bu ilt and operated
them out of Port Gli>lborne.
On January 13,
Rail way
was
opened and
to Port
Colborne as it
In 1'870,
and picnic
1()n.
ing
ori
Port
the
1'854,
in 1858
BUffalo�, B-rantford. and
the Welland Rail way
southern
terminus.
Colborne
was
grounds added,
which was
was
incorporated as
�der:1
extended
a village
and ia a great tourist att1
The deepening of the harbour in 1885 admitted vessels drE
seventeen fe e t ,
th e
and made Port Colborne
one
of the beet b:&rl'
Lake.
Thus
ends
the
story of the
{Ridge
old Indian Trail
between Niagara River and Abino Bay and othera that
run
Rol
througl
the townships.
.ra.nuary 8, 1974.
For Christopher,
who may
of
Michael
at some time be
their
alloestore
and
lqnd.a. Laurie, my
interested
settled
in
Grandchildren,
1n the trail where
early
days.
so
many
�
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