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20 Snelcrest Dr.,
Caledon,
Ontario
L7C 1B5
Ontario Tourism Region : York, Durham and Hills of Headwaters
Phone : (905) 843-0457
Your Host(s) : Margaret Dunn Library
Description From Owner:
- Caledon Pop. 39,837. On the Credit R. and Hwy 10,24 km NW of Brampton.
- A town formed by regional government in 1974 by the incorporation of the Communities of Alton, Belfountain, Caledon, Cataract, and Inglewood; the villages of Bolton and Caledon East, and the T. of Albion.
- The present town name, however, has a long history. Settlement in this hilly and very scenic region started in 1819 when the government opened a rough sleigh track for surveyors.
- The first town meeting was held in 1824 near Belfountain when settlers appointed a clerk, tax collector, and constable. The community was ftrst called Raeburn's Corners and then Charleston.
- The name was changed to Caledon in 1839. Caledon was the political name for a part of Scotland, the name believed to have been derived from the Latin verb celare ('to conceal.')
- Caledonians were people skilled at concealing themselves in woody shelters.
- There were a number of clashes and near riots during the 1830s because many of Caledon's Scottish settlers supported William Lyon Mackenzie and his Reformers, and just as many others were staunch Tories.
- On one occasion, the story goes, a group of Orangemen broke up a Reformers' banquet Gust as grace was being said) by storming the meeting place and eating all the food in sight.
- In 1864 James McLaren, son of one of the township's pioneers, built a castle with a Norman tower at Caledon.
- For a century the castle was a well-known landmark, and here the Grangers, Ontario's first farmers' cooperative, for a time used to hold their meetings before the property was acquired as a private residence.
- The castle was destroyed by frre in 1964.
- From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884
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Map Below gives Canadian Geographical Names
Natural Resources Canada in the Region of Peel.
Address of this page:
http://www.ruralroutes.com/caledon
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Visitors to this page: 2,847
Off the beaten track: |
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Mono Road, 1km
Albion, 5km
Kilmanagh, 5km
Lockton, 6km
Hockley Valley, 6km
Sandhill, 5km
Humber, 5km
Humber Grove, 6km
Macville, 6km
Silver Creek, Caledon area, 8km
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Nearby Lakes: |
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Innis Lake, 1km
Widgett Lake, 2km
Gibson Lake, 10km
Warnock Lake, 9km
Hall Lake, 14km
Heart Lake, 15km
Kennifick Lake, 14km
Green Lake, 12km
Tottenham Pond, 17km
Humber Springs Ponds, 14km
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