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seld history goes back to1832
Our 14004 news column. was
latelygiven a new heading, "The
Bayfield Beale" so. this Jane
19/6the bugle is ping to be
blown toed and clear. This is
Bayfield's Centennial year and.
Owe we will not be around for
the -next One* he We- are with
'pages of pictures and in-
formation. We. hope that many
will get hOitra of.enjoyment from
this special editiOn of the Clinton-
News-RecortL
Bayne(' has the unique honour
of having a heron as its founder.
Carl Lodewyck, Baron van Tuyll
van Serooskeritert,„ Lord of
Ysendoorn. He wished to invest In
land in Canada and, through
Lieut. Bayfield. a surveyor in the
service of the British Admiralty,
this spot was chosen. 3,000 acres
on both sides of the Bayfield
River being purchased from the
Canada Company.
This Baron never saw Canada.
Upon his death in 1835 his son,
Vincent Oildertneester. Baron
van Tuyll Van Seroosk‘rken van
Ysendoorn inherited the title and
the properties in Canada.
While a bachelor he came out
and inspected the area but lived
in Goderich and had a jolly time
with Tiger Dunlop and his clique.
Then he went back to Europe
where he married Charlotte
Henriette Mansfield in London.
She had no interest in living in the
• new village being carved out of a
wilderness and. April) her
husband's death. she began
selling the property. When she
,igned the deed (of sale) to Chas.
Middleton in 1661, she was "of
Berkley Square in the city of
London in England".
Bayfield Town Plot was sur-
% eyed in 1832. E.C. Taylor. one of
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gel% Perth to Goderich from the
ea$ end Of the village, people
went down the Old Indian trail to
the flats and forded the river'
(after the dam was built there
was a. way across it). Then they
climbed the hill or river bank and
through the bush(a corduroy
road was made) meeting the
present Hwy. 21 about the
Telephone Rd. corner (as it is
now led) A bit of the corduroy
road ugh the Jowett -Weston
bush a on the old Clinton road
came to tight a few years ago. We
can hardly imagine what it was
like to travel on such roads and
how difficultu it was to keep
vehicles in repair there were
many a broken wheel or axle.
Some,of us who remember the
seemingly "bottomless" places
on the country roads each spring
and how, if we removed the car
from its winter perch on blocks
and too soon ventured out, we
might suddenly fincl it down to its
axles. have a little idea of the
perils of such travel. But we know
nothing of the -discomfort of
bumping along over corduroy
roads or of suddenly finding a log
tipped at one end. In his book.
-Early Life in Upper Canada".
• Guillet tells of wagon -loads of
immigrants being upset
frequently. limbs broken. horses
down in the mire and having to be
pulled out by oxen. He stated that
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the Huronlioad from Guelph to x 60' x 25'(high) on 7' piles. A
Goderich in the 30's was still trestle -work ran up the high river
largely corduroy with stumps two bank and a roadway curved in a
and three feet high left standing. semi -circle to meet the trestle.
It remained chiefly mud or Farmers would drive their
corduroy until after the middle of teems down so the grain could be
the century. loaded on the little "car" and run
That •was the way our down to the ten of the elevater. It
forefathers earne into this area. would then be taken by scow out
At first the roads had to be looked to a schooner, on the deck of
after by the people themselves which there was usually an open
and, even in the early part of this whiskey barrel which was a great
century. "statute labour" was attraction, providing free
still in force. The Canada Co. had refreshment Grain whiskey was
induced settlers to come out but 30 to 35 cents a gallon.
they were not so anxious to Then the railroads were built,
provide roads for transportation. but by-passed Bayfield. First the
After 18410, when the settlers in Stratford to Goderich line in 1858 .
- the area were growing enough and then the London. Huron and
crops for export. Bayfield knew Bruce in 1876. Gradually the
good times for some decades as grain was handled in the towns,
the grain was moved out through to be shipped by railway.
this harbour. Sometimes -there Bayfield harbour became less
was a long line of wagons waiting important for the time being.
to be unloaded and, since the A Huron - Record item Aug. 14,
drivers became thirsty. "hotels" 1902. stated. "Mr. T.J. Marks is
• were needed. There have been at removing an old landmark from
least fifteen of these but only a the river bank, being the old
few have survived as real hotels grant storehouse which has stood
providing accommodation. for years with a finger pointing
Tudor Marks. James Gairdner backward to Bayfield's better
and Andrew Rutledge were the days in the sixties".
main grain buyers. the Gairdner In the 186344 census there were
warehouse being on the bank six hotels: BoultcT's(Pat Cronyn.
overlooking the river. A grain prop); the Central(prop. J.D.
elevator was constructed on the Cameron); International(prop.
south side by the river. It was of 2 Henry Hoacke) ; Row's;
x 4 hemlock scantlings. one on top Pollock 's • and the Wellington
prop).
of the other to mak b e a uildin 30' Arms(E Elliott
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Six residents were ' listed as
"general dealers in dry goods,
groceries, crockery,) hardware
etc.'" there were tailors and cap
makers; shoemakers and shoe
shops; cooper and wagon shops;
blacksmiths; tiasitOps; ears
penters and joiners; plasterers;
bricklayers; a potash •
manufacturer; bakers; a wat-
chmaker; a notary public;
photographic artist; ba,11111; ,
collector of customs; doctors; a
school teacher; a gentleman 1,
(Capt. of Volunteer Infantry Co)
and even a speculator,
Also listed was a grist, flour
and sav»rmill; cabinet factory;
and woollen factory. Tice post
office was at Gairdner's with
daily mail service. The seminary
was under the charge of Miss
Desberdau. There was also a -
"good public school". Four
churches were listed: Wesleyan
Methodist. Episcopal Methodist,
Church of England and
Presbyterian.
Bayfield was given recognition
in the second year of the reign of
Queen Victoria when an Act of
Parliament was passed on May
11, 1839, in the city of Toronto.
then the seat of Parliament of
Upper Canada. Certain persons
were given authority to form a
company under the style and title
of "The President. Directors and
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Baron's Canadian agent. In the
diary of an immigrant from
London. England to the Bayfield
Line in 1833. there is an entry.
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Stopped at Taylor's over night".
the Bayfield River and a log
house built on the Point. It was
occupied by the Riley's who kept
made in 1833 on the south side of
a boarding house for the Baron's
men employed in clearing and in , rs trot,
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those at the Point., was John i.eiti
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was built by the river bank on lots .
buildings were erected by George
one by W.W. Connor.
Morris and John Boyle and then
Un 1836 the first public school
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were about 75 men in the set-
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element. Many were transients.
Names of some of those
remaining as residents were:
W.W. Connor, D.H. Richie. John
Morgan. Mr. Riley. George
Morris. John Boulton, George
Mathieron. John Carruthers,
Robert Russell. Christopher
Johnston. Henry Hoacke and
Wililam Boulton. Settlers at
Bannockburn to the east were
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John McNaughton and Thomas
Wille - so the resident population
' 'of the area was very small in the
1830's.
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otistent in the very early days,
but in 1837, the failed logs were
removed to make a way east to
andon road at Brueefield. If
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