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„plant settlers on that large island at the mouth of the Hoogulby River.
Their first undertaking was to clear the jungle and drive off the tigers.
Dunlop's tactics, it is said„Involved using snuff when he and the ,tiger
enemy got into too c ose quarters,
While here Dunlop ame down with a severe attack of jungle fever'
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which in time made i necessary for him to resign from his job. The
project was soon afterwards abandoned. His experience here won for
himself the pseudonym "The Tiger". Except for this the project would
soon have vanished from memory,
His experience building ''the road from Lake Sirncoe to '
Penetanguishen and later endeavoring to cleat the Sangar Island near
Calcutta, showed "Tiger" Dunlop's strong interest, in spite of danger,
for pioneering in the opening of virgin territory making it suitable for
settlement. It was these two experiences which led to his being chosen
as the "Warden of the ,Forest" in Upper Canada.
RETURNED. . - '
' When Galt and Dunlop returned from Quebec after having the .
Canada Company Charter registered, Galt requested 'his Court of
Directors to make Dunlop Superinlendent of the Canada Company.
This office would give him power to deal with :4h cations for
land which were beginning to come in. The directors a eed and he
took over his new work at a salary of§1 ,611 26 2d includin allowances.
Both Galt and Dunlop were ready -for action now. As alt had more
details to work out he instructed Dunlop to make'an exploring tour into •
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the forest and to meet him later where they*planned to establish their
first town, Which became the present city of Guelph:
It was April 22, 1827 when they met at Shade's Mill, 1.8 miles from
the proposed Guelph site, When Galt arrived at Shade's Mill, the,
founder„ William Dickson, a 60ottiSh pioneer, had the place
rechristened Galt, and Galt it remained till regional government took
over a few years ago. The name was then changed to Carribridge,
The next morning, St. George's Day, April 23, Galt and Dunlop set
out on foot for the site of their new city. F'rom one of Galt's letters We
learn something'Of that trip. Before he and Dunlop started, Galt had
sent out a band of workment with axes on their shoulders to prepare a
shanty for the night.
.Because Dunlop forgot his compass .thesetyild lost their way in the
forest. Says Galt: "After wandering up and down like the babes in the
wood without even a blackberry to console ,us-the. rein raining in
jubilee, we came to the hut of a Dutch settler in which*nO English was
spoken, but one did speak French so we hired him for our guide."
SUNSET
About sunset they arrived at their destination and soon they, with
the surveyors and woodmen, proceeded to a superb maple tree and
Galt was given the honor and gloryof laying the axe on the root of it.
Dunlop gave the second stroke and soon it fell under the sturdy strokes
of the woodmerfWith the noise of anavalanche: Thus, the first tree of
A HISTORIC DAY - This photograph, reproduced from the Perth County
the Huron Tract was felled and Galt called the town Guelph. Historical Archives, shows the ribbon cutting ceremonies held 50 years
The Canada Company had planned the first town would be Goderich
ago in •Flarpurhey to commemorate the unveiling' of a plaque honoring
and apparently were not pleased with the switch, but Guelph 'It
early settlers in the Huron Tract. If anyone recognizes the ribbon' cutters,
please give us a call. (Archived Photo) remained.
In'1828 Galt had the stump fenced in and Major Samuel Strickland,
one of his clerks, levelled it off and placed a sun dial on it which served
assistant, he wo d be and immediately had.him appointed an Honorary
as "the town clock" till 1843. 7
Agent. of `the anada CoMpany.
Immediately after the felling' of the tree, Galt started his men Van Eg 's first task, considered by him one of hig hardest, was
chopping, clearing and. bUilding. One of the first buildings was 'a to find suitable, courageous men with an adventurous spirit to
schoolhouse, as he felt that would be an attraction for settlers. More manage these inns along the road. Around December, 1828, he had
Cantta Company buildings came next, alsoGalt's home "The Priory" chosen his men-Helmer, Fryf ogle and Seebach. By this time he had
where he continued to live while in the Huron Tract. With this start
decided Waterloo County was not going to be his home so undertook to
made, Galt returned to York and left Dunlop to explore ,and start erect and manage the fourth inn on the Hullett T ,wnship side of the
surveying the wilderness. road eighteen miles east of Goderich and four miles i-st of the present
BLAZE TRAIL town of Seaforth. Being ,a man of considerable means, he accepted no
Soon Dunlop, along With surveyor John,McDonald and his band of compensation.
woodsmen were blazing a trail through the wilderness to the mouth of
the Menesetung River, known today as the 'Maitland, at the western
end of the Huron Tract. Dunlop and the trail blazers reached their
destination in June after encotantering many dangers and hardships.
They erected a. shack for themselves near an Indian cornfield to
await the arrival of Galt who had taken a. more circuitous route. The
first evening these two founders spent together here in the Huron
Tract:Dunlop told Galt of his adventures and also gave him a flowery
picture of the resources of the Tract.
As the two sat drinking champagne, they decided to rename the
river Maitland in honor of the governor of Upper Canada. They also,
decided that a town would be built on thilipot where they sat at the
mouth of the river and they Would call it Goderigh in honor .of the
Secretary of State. This later became a reality and today Goderich is
the capital of Huron County.
WATERLOG COUNTY
It was just about this time that Anthony Van. Egmond ap.peared in .
Van Egmond agreed,onehundred per cent with Gait's plan for a • SPEEDUP •
elrOrP)P-Hltrjon Tr4et',.,ano,,,,haq,„.thpyteen allowed to work By1'830 it waslf4lt if settlement was to be speeded,up .a better, means
together the deV'elopMent of the Tract would ..have been accomplished of , transpOrtation had to be provided than the "sleigh road" then in
much quicker than it was. -
A RECORD
From the time Van Egmond first met Galt he was keeping 'a record of
Gait's attempts to open the Settlement. They soon decided that on
account of the severe winter weather conditions the blazed, tra0 made
by McClonal):1 and his hewers was of little use. They knew The- road had
to be iMproved and also traveling accomModation provided. On this
They realized no settler would attempt to enter the wilderness: Gait
then arranged to have inns, "Houses of Entertainment" as he called
them, built at twenty mile.intervals from Wilmot to Goderich. He"knew
that with very few travellers during the winter months these inn
keepers would have to be supplemented: He proposed that the first inn February 1830 gave them three years to complete the project.
receive $50.00 Compensation per month, the second $72.10 and- the r They were to receive one third of their pay in cash and the rest in
lands at rates ranging' from 7s 6d to 15s an acre.
OX YOKES
Van, Egmond started work with his two yokes of oxen, all other
equipment had to be bought, supplies for all brought in and he
encountered many labour troubles. Not too many wanted to work "in
the dark gloomy and pathless forest amid the torment of millions of •
insects and pests both day and night."
A housetrew worked ahead of the road builders. These men built a
shack at various intervals to provide sleeping quarters for the workers.
The only piece of furniture moved from one shack to another was a
stove. It was placed in the middle of the room. Here the Men, lying on
the floor with their feet toward the stove, got what rest they could
under these unfavorable circumstances.
Continues
Bath Curtains, Rods,
Tiebacks, Hooks,
J.P.Stevens Towels,
Softee' Mats &
Accessories,
OFF
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• SHANTIES
These, , as one would expect, were little more than .shanties.
Fryfogle's first home was eighteen-feet by fourteen built at an expense
of $50.00 including food and drink. 'Seebach's was larger-thirty feet
by :eighteen. It cost him $203.00. Van Egrnond imMediately.started to •
erect on his land a combined log house and inn which was sufficiently
completed to have his family moved in by: Christmad. He , had also •
cleaied some land and sowed wheat before winter set in. With these
inns open for business the wilderness was now, in a way, open for
settlement.
However, Galt, who had made a tremendous contribution toward the
opening of the Tract, did not have the privilege tg see many settled in
it.
The greed for money of the investors in England broke up the plans
of Dunlop, Van Edmond and Galt. When Galt-, got into serious
difficulties with the Directors of the Canada Company he was recalled
,permanently to Britain in 1829, a disappointed, disillusioned and
the picture. He had arrived in Waterloo County in 1827 but had bought melancholy man. •
no land. He just rented and started cultivatiOn Of -it waiting to, explore After a long period ofillness he died on April 11th, 1839 in the home
the ArgA.14pfpNinaWigA,Aurchase. Before he had male t where he had his first dreams and viaidnt the'Hurosi Tract becoming
met John Gait. " , ' what it is today. ,
seventy five mile trail, in 1828, ,there was not a tavern or. home. Van Egmonds.were to be paid §48 a mile and were to complete seven
thousand and twenty-four rods of , corduroy at 15s a rod. Stumps were
to, be levelled to the ground, knolls cut down, grass seed sown and
harrowed into the ground.' The corudroys were to be fifteen feet in
length and covered with six, inches of soil. The contract signed on
use. Before Galt was recalled to Britain ht had made partial plans for
this project, but his successor, Thomas Mercer Jones., ,paid no
attention•to Galt's plans..He made his own .plans for the construction of
the road •and immediately let the contracts.
Van Egmond and his son Constant were given the responsibility of
building forty-five and a .half, miles east of Goderich, the remainder
was allotted to a group of 'small 'contractors ,in the Guelph area. The
third $75.00. For this they would be expected to keep the road open for
inland traffice to' carry suPplies through to Goderich.
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SLEIGH ROAD
It vas when,the first "sleigh road" was being inspected by Van
Egmond that Galt learned Van sEgmond 'would be interested in taking
a part in the work 'as he had experience in road building 'through the
woods while pioneering 'in Pennsylvania. Galt saw what a valuable
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