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but apparently Goderich outbidRiailway was projected, it was
Bayfield and Hayfield was left argued by some that a line
an isolated fishing village. from Hayfield to London should
* * * precede one to Port Stanley."
Dr. J. J. Telmer", librarian of
the University of Western On-
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Huron Invincibles to meet the
challenge of the Mackenzie
Patriots, who were threaten-
ing invasion of Canada. On
his march south to Sarnia and
Essex County he recruited
from Bayfield. The regiment
saw no actual fighting, but it
suffered genuine hardship in
the winter of 1838 as it waited
stoically for an invasion which
never took place.
* * *
Coming to more modern tim-
es, the Historical Society
might be able to learn some-
thing of the Fenian Raids, fol-
lowing the end of the American
Civil War. We perhaps do not
realize today the excitement
which the Fenian Raids created
in 1866 in this peninsula and
particularly all along the bor-
der from Fort Erie to Toiber-
morry. It was feared there
would be a serious and exten-
sive • invasion by the Fenians,
given quiet support by an Am-
erican government, many of
whose adherents advocated the
annexation of Canada.
* * *
At Bayfield, according to
tradition, the villagers patrol-
led the beaches watching for
the invaders. One can easily
understand with what zeal and
enthusiasm the members of
Hayfield's Loyal Orange Lodge
joined in the patrol to ward
off any invasion. 'Early one
evening the patrol on the beach
was Startled by hearing a gun-
shot in the woods above. Had
the invaders already landed?
Was Hayfield being attacked
from the rear? A gallant
charge was made up the banks,
but it was found that the shot
came from an innocent hunter
who had spotted a fox.
* *
Another story which might
be clarified by the Iiistorcial
Society is the Battle of Bay-
field, which is supposed to have
taken place when the Canada
Temperance Act was first pass-
ed and put into effect in Hur-
on County. Bayfield at that
time had at least 14 hotels;
some say as many as 20. Bay-
field was the chief shipping
port for the grain of Huron
County. All the hotels had
bars, and it was a shock when
news came that the Canada
Temperance Act had been pass-
ed for Huron County and the
Bayfield •bars were to be closed.
Independent Bayfield rebelled
at the idea of losing its right
to have a drink. The story
goes that the revenue officers
were chased off when they at-
tempted to enforce the law.
* * 9,
However, law could not be
long defied, and when it was
threatened to call out the mil-
itia, backed by all the power
of Ottawa, Bayfield surrender-
ed. The chief organizer of the
Bayfield rebels is said to have
made tracks for Michigan,
Where he changed his name.
An old Bayfield resident tells
me that a Bayfield rector, who
also had moved to Michigan,
recognized him but kindly kept
his secret. He married later
and many years afterwards his
two handsome daughters, hav-
ing heard so much of Hayfield,
decided to see the' village for
themselves and spent part of
the summer in the village. Be-
fore they left they felt it was
safe enough to confess Who
they were.
* * *
Another subject to which the
Historical Society might give
attention is the history of the
French settlement some eight
miles from Hayfield on the
Blue Water Highway. How did
the French Canadians come to
move to the heart of the new
Huron settlement? One of the
French Canadians, Joseph Can-
tin, was a born promoter and
raised money and even obtain-
ed Ottawa endorsement for the
building of a canal from Lake
Huron to Lake Erie, with St.
Joseph ,as the lake Huron cen-
tre. An hotel and stores were
built at St. oJseph and money
was even spent on a harbor.
Anyone who takes the time to
stop will find a plaque at the
side of the road which tells
something of the now-deserted
St. Joseph.
* * *
tario and a leading historian,
has been probing into early
editions of The London Free
Press. He has discovered an
editorial of June 9, 1866, in
The Free Press where it edi-
torially approved of a proposal
Which had been advanced for a
railway from London to Hay-
field. According to this edi-
torial, a meeting had been held
at Varna; the object of which
was to promote the construc-
tion of a railway from Bay-
field to London. The Free
Press commented: * * *
"Such a line would run
through a very rich and im-
proving portion of the country,
which is now excluded from
railway communication and be-
come an important channel of
transit between Lake Huron
and Lake Erie, thus avoiding
the difficult navigation of the
Detroit River. At the time that
the London and Port Stanley
* * *
The Free Press went on to
say: "In the opinion of many
the time has come, and we
think that it would be well
worthwhile for the people of
London to take some interest
in the project. We have all
felt the disadvantage of the
"cutting off" action of the
Grand Trunk to the north of us
and if a feeler could be driven
out so as to tap the difficulty
and induce trade directly to the
city, a great point would un-
doubtedly be gained. Fenian-
ism is about played out now.
It cannot last forever at any-
time and there are material
of a temporary nature should
interests which no excitement
be allowed to obstruct." • * *
The Bayfield and London
railway did not materialize,
but' perhaps the Historical So-
ciety could' find out just what
happened to the proposal which
The Free Press supported near-
ly a hundred years ago.
Page 6—The Bayfield Bulletin—Wed., August 26, 1964
As the World Wags On
Legends Shroud Bayfield History
Another subject which the
Bayfield Historical Society
might well investigate was the
attempt to build a railway from
London to Hayfield. The mid-
dle of the last century were
days of a railway boom in On-
tario. Many new roads were s proposed by promoters. Just
what happened I do not know