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rated as a Village. tip, to
that time, the settlement
was under the municipal
a,dniinistration of Kinloss
Township.
With the coming Of the
railroad in 1873, .Lucknow
became a flourishing een-
tre and a focal. shipping
cunt for farm produce.
itlz the rail. facilities
came industrial expansion.
It wets .also during that
year'that the Village estab-
lished its owl newspaper,
from
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Modern. heated kennels with large individual :runs.
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the Sentinel, with Bruce. County.
Countycontroversy
• While Lucknowites
were united in one pur-
pose, to see the newly.
established, settlement
grow and flourish,they •
were bitterly divided .on.
the question of whether
the Village would be
incorporated in Bruce or
Huron County.
The .controversy that
steuuned ' from the fact that
the Village straddles the
boundary lite between the.
two counties broke into a
full fury between the two.
factions ,that sprang up.
Following various heat-
ed
eated debates,• petitions were,
sent to the Lieutenant
:Governor. "Finally, a:
ratepayers meeting was
held -and a vote taken. A.
majgrity was established
by a single vote. to 'side
In January of 1.875 the
wardens of Huron and •
Bruce met with the reeve
of Lpckuow . for consbIta.
tiort and. it was official -
Luclsnew was part, of
$ruse. Gaunty,:
rrrupffia
Serving
ifaeiknow
area for
25 year