The Goderich Signal-Star, 1985-07-10, Page 99.,i
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revenue to mefttheme pay-.
.__.,ants, apt that lt:would:,be ita,
Pool a. to develo the Tract by the
piecemealmethod o s lot Whit upthe
t ail if they were going to ke a :profit,
i e e the idea of, a road„first, and have
potential tots for sale tom one end to the
other.
Records show that the survey party
started on May 14th,. 1827 and arrived at the
junction of the Maitland River and Lake
Huron on May 27th. Most people who hear
this ask: How? Wby? If the bush was so
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meat decided tlr have °” n's.survey ;comp .
p eted in'.mueh, greater,0etail oaf this was
done by:Lt Bayfield (who later became a
Captain and even, later are Admiral). These
were .excellent' char! and were ,used for
many ` ears, In; charting the Bayfield and
Maitlandrivers ontilCe map, Bayfield would
have the exact designation. We now have
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JOHN GIBSON
R.R. No. 2 SEAFORTH 482-3229
"The Tree Mover"
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logs... or trees°. laid
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where itr to t ry, y, or w sere ' an. Egmond •,.i ii 1l theCanada Pr p ,
bwlt the ..roc :1 g the Q s as 1832 x.., . unprove`the road and, spell ou exact
This first Bridle ad folt , d mor ;elpsely -:*hat was to- be' done.• the. road,.. ; tQ
- the present day route of the railroad, and `' widened' to a full 66 feet, with ali. tirober
one may read the daily notes and field pro- removed for the' entire: width; alisttmapx up F:
gess accounts kept by fhlryiiell of his trial ;to a foot to be level with the ground,: and ;
blazing in 1827.. horsing, thedairy we every, stump, regardless of th+ si!ze,, which
can trace his route b 1ttwards from the was iii the centre 20 feet to becut leve i with
hake throught...the Township of Goderich the ground, the corduroy to be.15-feet in
re e p . widthhex of earth
who h cep= n dtits on trio land trees and covered with six we
s etc whiehlie ericounteed Van Egmonds s a the work in Goderich
streams, swamps,
on the trip. On this first trill especially, and Township =. in fact for`: 45 ' miles east of
all of the �toderich -and finished it by 15852:t was on -
the following surveys, most
surveyors commented on the great swamp' ly a few years before the road' required ex -
and took pains to steer clear of it. This had tensive improvements, due to the failure to
to be the Hullett swamp, -from the bearings provide any drainage'for the travelled por-
given, and it is almost ironic that today the tion. The entire road was . turnpiked'. This
Province is agian'reverting it to some of its operation raises the centre, -or travelled por-
former .fame - by developing the Hullett tion of the road, by taking the dirt from the -
Wildlife Sanctuary. sides and ditches, and putting it on the road
The Township was surveyed in 1828, or Turn to page 21 •
Congratulations
Goderich Tiwnship
Sesquicentennial
You've come a
long way...and
so have we!
TUCKERSMITH
MUNICIPAL TELEPHONE SYSTEM
R.R. 1 VARNA 482-9908
COMMISSIONERS: Verne Alderdice
Elmer Hayter
Don Campbell
Emerson Coleman
David Brock
STAFF: Mel Graham - Manager/Secretary Treasurer
Sharon Chuter - Secretary
Donna Stirling - Secretary
Murray McKenzie - Lineman
Ken Steckle - Linemen
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