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Outline of County History, Victoria County, Ontario Canada

One hundred years ago, in 1821, the government of Upper Canada first offered land for sale in the region that is now Victoria County. Since then, a hardy phalanx of Celto-Saxon stock has swept away a wilderness of swamp and forest and established a prosperous agricultural civilization after the manner of that race. Read more...

Introductory Outline of County History A New Domain and a Virile Race A Long Rough Journey From Old to New The Work of Settlement in the Wilderness The Steady Changes Wrought With Time An Early Tragedy in Ops Township How Grist Mills Grew to Villages The Beginnings of the Trent Canal The First One-third Century a Pioneer Era The Establishment of Municipal Institutions The Second One-third Century a Railway Era The Development of the Northern Townships Victoria County Reaches Maturity in 1861 Wardens of Victoria 1864-1921 Canada, Also Reaches Higher Unity Final One-third Century, a Modern Era

Victoria County, Ontario Canada Centennial History, Watson Kirkconnell M.A., 1921

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