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400 West Front St., Bldg.#9
Stirling,
Ontario
K0K 3E0
Phone : (613) 395-2633
Your Host(s) : Ruth Thompson
Description From Owner:
- p. 2,173. In Rawdon T., Hastings C., on Rawdon Cr. and C. Rds. 8 & 14, 25 km. NW of Belleville.
- John Bleecker and Caleb Gilbert were allotted a mill site in 1797 on condition that they build a mill within two years. Bleecker died soon after, but the mill was completed in 1807 by Samuel Rosebush.
- The community was known as Stirling Mills and Fidlar's Mills for mill owners and Rawdon Mills for the township.
- Many of the early settlers were Scottish, and since the surrounding countryside reminded them of a Stirling in their homeland, they changed the name to Stirling in 1852. Disastrous fires in 1883 and 1909 nearly destroyed the village.
- After the second fire, a steam fire engine was purchased and a regular fire brigade was organized. Robert Fletcher's team of horses was said to have been so well trained that the moment the fire bell sounded it galloped on its own to the fire hall.
- Stirling has one of Ontario's three remaining cobblestone churches, built in the 1850s by local Wesleyan Methodists. Stones 6 to 9 inches (15-22.5 cm) in length were set in horizontal rows in a bed of mortar.
- Ontario's other two cobblestone churches are in the Paris area.
- From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884
Address of this page:
http://www.ruralroutes.com/stirlingontario
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Visitors to this page: 1,504
Off the beaten track: |
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River Valley, Stirling area, 3km
Oak Lake, Stirling area, 4km
Anson, 4km
Sine, 6km
Glen Ross, 5km
Tuftsville, 5km
Minto, Stirling area, 7km
Madoc Junction, 6km
Mount Pleasant, Stirling area, 6km
West Huntingdon Station, 7km
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Nearby Lakes: |
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Oak Lake, 4km
Ross Lake, 8km
Moreland Lake, 17km
White Lake, 18km
Snake Lake, 19km
Rylstone Lake, 19km
Banker Lake, 22km
Tremur Lake, 22km
Drag Lake, 20km
Moira Lake, 22km
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