47 Wilson St W
Ancaster, Ontario
L9G 1N1

Phone : (905) 648-8644
E-Mail : Click Here to E-Mail us
Outside Web Page : http://www.ancasterfair.ca
Your Host(s) : Shoppers Drug Mart Post Office

Description From Owner:

• Enjoy the Fair season throughout Ontario and congratulate the organizers on the hard work and dedication of showcasing rural Ontario.
• Pop. 33,232. In the Reg. Mun. of Hamilton- Wentworth on Hwy 403, 8 km W of Hamilton.
• In 1790 Jean-Baptiste Rousseaux and James Wilson settled the site, and Wilson built a mill. The place was called Wilson's Mills until 1794 when Rousseaux bought the mill.
• Around 1800 Rousseaux Mills, as it had come to be known, was named Ancaster after a village in Lincolnshire, England. In 1814, 19 men charged with treason during the War of 1812 stood trial in George Rousseaux's log hotel.
• Fifteen were convicted and eight were hanged, drawn, and quartered at nearby Burlington Heights. The remainder were exiled. The trial is known as 'The Bloody Assize' of Ancaster.
• From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884

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