Local History Collection

Box 13: Collingwood Township Research

 

Title: Collingwood Township Research fonds

 

Dates of Creation: 1979

 

Scope and Content: Fonds consist of the notes compiled for the creation of 'An illustrated history of Collingwood Township' published in 1979. Notes include extensive information on all of the topics found in the finding aid.

 

Finding Aid:

Correspondence

 

Section 1 – The Virgin Land

1. The Beginning
2. Before the Europeans
3. The Land Itself
4. Patters of Settlement

 

Section 2 – The Township Emerges

5. Early Council Years
6. Development of Roads
7. Shipping and Railroads

 

Section 3 – The prospering Settlements

8. Banks
9. Camperdown and Sandhill
10. Clarksburg
11. Craigleith
12. Duncan and Egypt
13. Gibraltar
14. Heathcote
15. Hurlburts and Lora Bay
16. Kirkville
17. Kolapore
18. Loree
19. MacMurchy’s Settlement and Second Line Community
20. McKeans Mills
21. Millcreek and Union
22. Pretty River Valley
23. Ravenna
24. Redwing, Rockhaven and Germany
25. Sixth Line
26. Tenth Line and Slabtown
27. Thornbury
28. Victoria

 

Restrictions on Access: The items are available for viewing in the library. Some copyright restrictions may apply