HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1951-12-06, Page 2(thlt�atl Through Huron Tract,
Pioneers Start Growth of Goderic -:
n nem .,London Free s.
041111101 de Champlain in 101
was the., first white • man to gaze
r 11P0ii I4ake• Hltuon and eamp where
• the Town, of Goderieh gow stands.
-'N'othing more was beard of thie
spot for• approximately 210 years.
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" Iny j.$SGi W. '. Gooding and Prank
Deebara'm, a. Frenchman, x left the
Muth of the Grand River in
small vessel, loaded with such goods
as .they considered necessary, for the
, establishment of an Indiantrading-
' . post, sailed along Sou hwestern•the Ontario, ern slaoup
Rivers, • Lake St, Clair and pake
off uren to the mouth df the Menese-
tung (:Maitland) 1*ver, barked, secured: their yesset and
erected a small eabin or "store"
where Ogilatie's 11ii11 stood in 1789.
Here they remained for more
than three Months before, seeing
the fate of a white man aai$1 it
was not until 1528 that, any other
settlers came in. •
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In ..that year, , John Galt, super-
intendent of the affairs of the Can-
ada Company, who'oWned the entire
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. Above is "a view of the Square, Goderich, taken sometime
between 1860 and 1870. Tlie view is ` from the Square looking
down WestStreet. Thus the building on the corner at the
right is where` the present Bank of Montreal now stands (and
was occupied at that time by John Harris), while the building
on the other corner is the 'present location of Emerson's Drug
Store. Note the corner, of the Court House..ut the right and
also the size of the trees: •
-I1uron Tract; was determined to
plant a set leme.it at the mouth of
the ;Maitland -Rivet, probilbly (11
recommend.ltiun of'. Dr W: fl am
Dualep. who ' lead iprevieui ly visited
the 'spot guided by an Indian named
Captain Jacob, an' intin 1te friend
of Mr. Galt.
About the Same time Mr. Galt•
p'rpeeeded from York (now ' Tor-
onto)• to ' Penetangui'siiine ' <►Tl
:G'eorgian Bay, where .a British gun-
boat was placed at his disposal, the
object apparently being to make -
surveys necessary to, the+ establish -
merit of a ,permanent harbor .at 'the
mouth of the Menesetung River. •
COONTACT �.
C., M. Peterson Co. Ltd.,
11 flunda§. E.,
London, Ont.
A approached the clearing
PLEASING GIFTS ARE: ti
GLOVES, dSWEATERS;,
CAPS, UNDERWEAR,
TROUSERS
and '
SPORT SHIRTS.
(Thts same hey later became.
senator.)
• Colonel, Anthony V� an Egmond (of.
whom we shall hear more) will the'
contractor for ` the building of the
'Huron Road, but as the Canada
Company soon shut off the supply' of
money, to 'Mr. =Galt, he bec)a.me• more
deterrinined to carry out .the enter
prise, •As •, he still held control. of
the company's land he paid the
contractors' and sub -contractors, by
granting them land or, holdings.
tau ldingsm 'wherepany :eG deted i cheap cit now
stands (which should have' been.
'properly called sheds) ' near the
harbor for ,the aceonnmedation and'.
As they ppa shelter, of the early, settlers, until
by way of Georgian Bay and Lake such time as they could erect hones
Huron, they• saw a;" small' clearing for themselves. In- these s1t ds in'
and a_cottage "delightfully situated j.&3 ,William Reed fitted up the
on the brow, of a rising, ground. tflrs 'tavern or • public house with
which. Goderich was "blessed."
. • An aceount written by Mr. • Galt
tells of the state of 11halth prevail-
ing. among the' laborers on this
road. It reads:" `But though • the
strange combination .of Indians m.agnlitude of the 'Caesarean oper-
"They, were surprised at the sight
and' wondered if it could be the
location of Dr. Dunlop., "We were'
mot long.in doubt, for we were met
by a canoe having 'on board a
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velveteens- and whiskers, and ---cels- 1.-ation..;on..•.the...woods.was..gratifying_
covered within the roots of the red to the imagination, it .occasioned
hair the living 'features of the some painful tugs to humanity., One
doctor." . tMr. Galt and 'his company
went ashore and spent the night.
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A road to the proposed settle-
ment was a prime necessity, .so 'a
co'nipany of surveyors and axemen
was collected at the spot where the
--City. of Galt noW stands, and' under paid to the solicitation ;. however
I ordered a surgeon to be engaged
as .a clerk, and -made him a com-
pensation for his •�kil1."
The first part. of'contact of this
road 'with •the present Courity of
or rather chopped, through "the old ,Huron was at the southeasterly
Huron district was the still more corner of McKillop Township; *here
ancient, Huron Road' which ' was 'Oarran'brook (nniv -Dublin), is, situ-
surveyed through. from Stratford in ated whence. it took its course
1828. John Galt's work of eon along . the southern boundaries of
struction was subjected •tt0Seyere 'McKillop and. Hullett,'through the
southern part of 'Goderich Township
restrictions by the company,,, who ,
"t ere ignorant of the nature. ,aad • in ens almost direct line to Goderieh
,the needs of the district. His every harbor: consequently the road's
'step' ;and every expendltUre was original location in the vicinity of
Jealously watched, and as a result 'Goderich 'was farther south than
the road was not put in as goad at present. It was over this road
condition as it would have .been
had he .been allowed free scope.
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Among the first to arrive was
Alex McGregor, who • came through
morning,:- upwartls of 40 men came
in afflicted' with the ague.. They
were the color of mummies and by
hardships frightfully emaciated. 'I'
had Written to the 'directors to, let
me hire a. doctor for a year to the
settlement, but no attention was
'the -direction of Dr. William Dunlop
(thefounder' of Goderieh) surveyed
.ta.ndLent out ,the Huron Road—the
first tree;.being cut by Mr. Gait on
April -23, 1826 •
The firs( highway eon strueted,
Br�s., utc i-nsanStratford
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the—woods from Zorra ,(Oxford
Oo tnty) , bringing seV4eze4. yoke of
oxen with which he 'worked on the
Canada Company roads.
John ' McDonald. and a frarty of
10 or 12 men did the'surveying and
there were two pack -horses ,',land+
"pack" Iridians who brought • up 'the
rear, with a supply oi''provisious and
other necessities. •'nie"' of the
'laborers engaged on?'his job was
Mr. McDonald's nephew, Donald, a
mere boy under 12. 'years of age.
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that most of the early settlers came
in,, many of them before it was
chopped out. Until. that time the
"blazed" trees were the only guide -
boards. .
Like Europe,' Ontario had . its
"dark ages?! From 1Ox0 to nearly
1800, the whole •central part of the
province, now known as Huronia,
was a vast, uncharted wilderness.
First white man of English stock
to visit Huronia was Alexander
Henry who, in 1764, passed through
on his, way• from 'Saarit Ste. Marie
to Niagara as a, prisoner. of ' the
.Sault Indians.
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