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205 Picton Main St,
Picton,
Ontario
K0K 2T0
Phone : (613) 476-2326
Your Host(s) : Canada Post Picton
Description From Owner:
- Pop. 232. In Sophiasburgh T., Prince Edward C., at the intersection of C. Rds. 5, 14 & 15, 12 km. NW of Picton.
- Named for Guilliame Demorest who came to the area in 1793, built the first mill, was the first postmaster, a justice of the peace and a militia officer.
- By 1823 the village had grown so 'wicked' because of its taverns and brawling lumbermen, that it was nicknamed 'Sodom' and a nearby settlement was referred to as 'Gomorrah.'
- Anson Green, a Methodist minister who worked the Hallowell Circuit in the mid- 1820s, recorded a visit to the village in his memoirs.
- He said the place was nicknamed Sodom, but since there were more than 10 righteous people in the village, 'we have given the village a new name,' Demorestville, after Guilliame Demorest.
- From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884
Address of this page:
http://www.ruralroutes.com/demorestville
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Visitors to this page: 828
Off the beaten track: |
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Bethel, Picton area, 4km
North Port, 6km
Gilbert Mills, 6km
Elmbrook, 7km
Bethesda, Picton area, 7km
Yerexville, 9km
Fawcettville, 10km
Warings Corner, 11km
Crofton, 8km
Shannonville, 12km
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Nearby Lakes: |
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Fish Lake, 3km
Bloomfield Mill Pond, 12km
Lake on the Mountain, 14km
West Lake, 18km
East Lake, 19km
Mill Pond, 20km
Roblin Lake, 17km
Ameliasburg Mill Pond, 18km
Consecon Lake, 24km
Lost Lake, 24km
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