HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1998-06-24, Page 79Make it 4 recon
Imagining
s the Village of
Lucknow arrives at.
the 140th anniver-
sary of'its founding, only
in imagination" can we
attempt to grasp the pic-
ture of the trackless forest
known . as the Queen's
Bush that would eventual-
ly spawn this settlement.
It was a land known
onlyto the Indians before
the arrival, of the settlers.
Spurred by .the vision of
owning, land and building
a home', these hardy folks.
front the Old Country
endured . untold .hardships
before finally establishing
'their own community,
lifestyle and culture in
whatis now known as
Lucknow.
Swamp lands •
Initially, what was to '
eventually becinne the vii- .
•
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tC. eariy. Gays
lage of Lucknow was liter-
ally encircled with the first
settlers in Wawanosh,
Ashfield. and Kinloss. This
was due tothe fact that; 6he
Jand here was swampy and.
avoided. for firmer tracks.
It . wasn't Until it became
increasingly important to
_harness the latent power of
the kwo rivers flowing
through this place that: set-.
tiers began to claim land
and build.
While the feverish
quest for farm land•' was
going . On all around., it
wasn't until 1856 that the'
first step to establish.a set-
tlement here were taken..
Settlers in. Ashfield and.
Wawanosh hadto 'make
long journeys to either
Walkerton or' Kincardine'
for flour and other stip.:
plies.. '
It was the ladle of water ' built the first sawmill in.
Kinloss, saw the potential
of the water power here
and during the years 1856-
57, he constructed a dam
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power in these areas that
finally focused attention
on the potential of the land
we know a's Lucknow.
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