06 June 2013

Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada From Wikipedia

Haldimand County Museum & Archives (Cayuga, Ontario)

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The Haldimand County Museum & Archives, located at 8 Echo Street in Cayuga, Ontario,Canada, is a museum that preserves and makes accessible evidence of the history ofHaldimand County. Artifacts related to Haldimand County, from its precivilization^{[citation needed]}beginnings to the 20th century, are restored and displayed in the museum galleries and grounds. The current curator is Karen Richardson.

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Haldimand County

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Haldimand is a rural city-status single-tier municipality (but called a county) on the

Niagara Peninsula inSouthern Ontario, Canada, on the north shore of Lake Erie, and on the Grand River.

Municipal offices are located in Cayuga.

History

Haldimand's history has been closely associated with that of the neighbouring Norfolk County.

Haldimand was first created as a county in 1800, from a portion of Norfolk.

It was named after the governor of theProvince of Quebec Sir Frederick Haldimand.

In 1844 the land was surrendered by Six Nations to the Crown in an agreement that was

signed by the vast majority of Chiefs in the Haldimand tract^{[citation needed]}.

The two counties were separate until 1974, when they were reunited as the

Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk.

In 2001, the counties were separated again, but the lower-tier municipalities

from the former Haldimand-Norfolk were merged into two single-tier municipalities.

Although they both retained the name "county" for historical reasons, each is

governed as a single municipality without lower-tier governments.

Haldimand was formed through the amalgamation of the former

Towns of Haldimand and Dunnville, and the eastern half of the City of Nanticoke.

Beginning in February 2006, a land dispute by native protesters began near Caledonia over a

housing development being built on the outskirts of town,

which members of the nearby Mohawk Six Nations people claim is rightfully their land.

Communities

The main towns in Haldimand are Jarvis, Hagersville, Caledonia, Cayuga and Dunnville.

Part of the Six Nations Reserve is in Haldimand County, but not within its jurisdiction.

Most of Haldimand is agricultural land, although some heavy industry, including

the Nanticoke Generating Station, is located here.

Smaller communities within the municipality are Attercliffe Station, Balmoral,

Bodri Bay, Brookers Bay, Byng, Canborough, Canfield, Cheapside, Clanbrassil,

Crescent Bay, Decewsville, Empire Corners, Featherstone Point, Fisherville, Garnet,

Hoover Point, Kohler, Little Buffalo, Lowbanks, Moulton, Mount Carmel, Mount Healy,

Nanticoke, Nelles Corners, Peacock Point, Port Maitland, Rainham Centre, Selkirk,

Sims Lock, South Cayuga, Springvale, Stromness, Sweets Corners, Townsend,

Willow Grove, Woodlawn Park and York.

The ghost towns of Cranston, Dufferin, Erie, Indiana Lambs Corners, Lythmore,

Sandusk, Upper, Varency, are also located within Haldimand.

Historic townships

Haldimand County area 284,817 acres (1,153 km²) was formed from part of the land grant to the Six Nations in 1783. The County was purchased by treaty and opened for general settlement in 1832. It was first settled by white veterans of Butler's Rangers established there by Joseph Brant. A large number of Germans were among the first settlers.

· Canborough, area 21,586 acres (87 km²). Granted in 1794 by Joseph Brant to John Dochstader of Butler's Rangers. Purchased by Benjamin Canby in 1810 for 5,000, he named the village-site "Canborough. Community centre: Canborough, Darling and it touches Dunnville

· Dunn, area 15,122 acres (61 km²). Opened for settlement in 1833. Community centre: Dunnville

· Moulton, area 27,781 acres (112 km²). Landowner Henry John Boulton named the township from the Boulton family seat in England.

· North Cayuga, area 32,825 acres (133 km²).

· Oneida, area 32,598 acres (132 km²). Joseph Brant granted a 999 year lease of part of Oneida and Seneca townships to Henry Nelles, of Butler's Rangers and his sons, Robert, Abraham, William, Warner and John. Community centres were: Caledonia, Dufferin and Hagersville.

· Rainham, area 25,705 acres (104 km²) Community centres: Balmoral, Selkirk, Rainham Centre and Fisherville.

· Seneca, area 41,721 acres (169 km²). Community centres: York and Caledonia

· Sherbrooke, area 5,098 acres (21 km²), the smallest township in Ontario. Opened in 1825 and named from Sir John Coape Sherbrooke, a Governor-General of Canada. The Township was granted by the Indians to William Dickson (a lawyer) as a professional fee. Community centres: Stromness and Port Maitland.

· South Cayuga, area 13,293 acres (54 km²). Community centre: Cayuga

· Walpole, area 66,213 acres (268 km²). Community centres were: Hagersville, Jarvis, Selkirk, Cheapside and Nanticoke.