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Wellington County is a county located in Southwestern ... Pilkington acquired 20,000 acres ... or Poorhouse as it was called, on Wellington Road 18 between Fergus and ...
By 1806, Capt. Robert Pilkington had purchased 15,000 acres of Block 3, and Thomas Clark, Queenston, had acquired Block 4, acquisitions that were of relevance to Wellington County since these led to the creation of Pilkington and Nichol Townships.
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- Pierpoint Settlement
- La Guayrans
- The Paisley Block
- Elora
- Fergus
- Salem
- Bon Accord
- Queen’s Bush Settlement
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This settlement was located on the east side of Jones’ Base Line as it crossed the Grand River at Fergus. It was a colony of Black Loyalists who had received land grants from the Crown for their service to the King. Richard Pierpoint was the leader of the community. He was born about 1744 in Bondou, Senagal and was a captured slave who was transpor...
One significant group of settlers took up farm lands in 1827. They were Highland Scots known as La Guayrans, a group of over one hundred men, women, and children who had been enticed to settle near Caracas, Venezuela in an area now called La Guaira. The Columbian Agricultural Organization was formed in London in 1825 with the objective of colonizin...
In 1828 settlers who took up land in the third concession, Division B of Guelph Township became part of the area which became known as the “Paisley Block”, named after the place of origin in Scotland of many of the settlers. Life for these settlers was very difficult, living in a single log barn owned by the Canada Company, and clearing the Huron R...
Elora was founded by Capt. William Gilkison who originated from Ayrshire, Scotland. He had served in the Navy and later had command of a fur trading schooner on Lake Erie. In 1832 he purchased the south-west half of Nichol Township, had the town of Elora surveyed by early November 1832, and had the first house built the following month. This was fo...
Adam Fergusson was one of the founders of the Highland Society of Scotland. He toured Guelph and other areas of Ontario in 1831 and reported on his travels. His reports, which were published in Scotland, generated much interest among potential immigrants. In 1833 Fergusson brought his family to Upper Canada. He was accompanied by Rev. Patrick Bell ...
Salem is located on the north edge of Elora. It was established by Sem Wissler, who, unlike the Elora and Fergus founders, was of German descent. His father Jacob was part of the group of German settlers who had come from Switzerland, via Pennsylvania, and settled in Waterloo County. Sem Wissler came to Waterloo County in 1839 and worked with his o...
This was settled by a group of Scots from Aberdeen; the name Bon Accord was derived from the motto on Aberdeen’s Coat-of-Arms. They came over to Upper Canada in five different groups in 1834 and 1835. George Elmslie was sent early on in 1832 to scout potential areas. He and Alexander Watt agreed to situate the settlement in Upper Nichol Township (N...
The Queen’s Bush Settlement was a community that developed the southern half of Peel Township. This community was composed of Black settlers, many of whom were escaped slaves. By about 1840, there were about 1500 Black settlers in this area with about 1000 White setters. Initially, the focus was clearing land, building shelter, producing food and s...
Bourrie, D. 2008. From Scotland to Upper Canada by way of Venezuela. Families 47(3): 15-18.Brown-Kubisch, L. 2004. The Queen’s Bush settlement: Black pioneers 1939-1865. Natural Heritage/Natural History Inc., Toronto.Connon, J. R. 1974. The early history of Elora and vicinity. Reissued with an introduction by Gerald Noonan. Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, ON.Hutchinson, J. F. 1998. The history of Wellington County. Landsborough Printing Ltd., Grand Valley, ON.Wellington County is situated on multiple Treaties within the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg and the Haudenosaunee. We acknowledge we are not the original stewards of these lands but have the responsibility of caring for this land and its people, and to ensure that future generations are able to thrive here.
Sep 25, 2012 · The date at which Pilkington Township was opened for settlement has not been found. In 1999 as part of the municipal restructuring operation for Wellington County, the southeastern part of Pilkington was amalgamated into Guelph/Eramosa Township and the larger western section into the Township of Centre Wellington.
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In a perhaps unexpected way, this issue of Wellington County History, with major articles on the history and construction of the Shand Dam, has a complementary relationship to the preceding volume, which dealt with the era of railway building in Wellington County. This was also an
