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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
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Simcoe Ontario in Colour Photos: Saving Our History One Photo at a Time

Simcoe Ontario in Colour Photos: Saving Our History One Photo at a Time

Raue, Barbara

Paperback

Series: Cruising Ontario, Book 37

Photography History & Criticism

ISBN10: 1495485730
ISBN13: 9781495485732
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Mar 6 2014
Pages: 74
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.19 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Simcoe is a town in Southwestern Ontario located near Lake Erie at the junction of Highways 3 and 24, south of Brantford. From Hamilton take Highway 6 to Simcoe.Simcoe was founded in 1795 by Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe. He gave a grant to Aaron Culver, one of the earliest settlers, with the condition that he was to build mills. In 1801 he built a saw mill and a few years later added a grist mill. The combined operation known as Union Mill was instrumental in the development of Simcoe. By 1812 a hamlet had grown up around the mills. The mills were burnt and the adjacent houses looted by U.S. troops in 1814. In 1819-23, Culver laid out a village which he called Simcoe. The mill was rebuilt by Duncan Campbell around 1825. By the 1870s, Nathan Ford operated a large flour mill, grain elevator and distillery on this site. The last water-powered mill on this site ceased operations in 1928.The book includes a few pictures taken in Colborne, Ontario.

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