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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2016-04-07, Page 25THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2016. PAGE 25. Huron Historical Society to host Guelph tour in May Huron County Historical Society is hosting a bus trip to historic Guelph featuring highlights along the Huron Tract. The settlement of the area between Guelph and Goderich was under the direction of the Canada Company, which was formed as a result of dramatic times in England. It was a time of mass migration. The Napoleonic conflict ended in 1815 with a large number of discharged soldiers. Jobs were hard to come by, due, in no small part, to the industrial revolution that replaced human labour and wiped out cottage industries. There was massive unemployment and to add to the misery, Irish families were recovering from potato famines and Scottish farmers were displaced by English landlords with all of them migrating to the towns and cities. The new territories in Canada looked pretty inviting. John Galt took on the position of land agent for Canadian Claimants for the 1812- 1814 war reparations. Not long after he travelled to England and offered several plans to finance the adventure of land settlement, the Canada Company was formed. Its head office was in Guelph and Tiger Dunlop, a friend of Galt, headed the crew to survey the land between Guelph and Goderich. This is just the tip of the historical iceberg. This trip is all about Guelph history buffs returning a favour. In 2014 a busload of Guelph guides and friends spent a day in Goderich exploring the sites and stories of historic Goderich, John Galt, Tiger Dunlop and the Canada Company. This is the return trip. This tour of the Huron Tract and Guelph is planned for May 14. The full day will include a script of historical sites in Huron, through Perth County to Guelph; lunch at Guelph's historic Albion Hotel; and admission to the John McCrae house and Guelph Civic Museum. 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