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34 Mill
Dublin,
Ontario
N0K 1E0
Ontario Tourism Region : Huron, Perth, Waterloo and Wellington
Phone : (519) 345-2140
Your Host(s) : Canada Post Dublin
Description From Owner:
- Pop. 255. In Hibbert T., Perth C., on Carronbrook, Hwy 8 and C. Rd. 10,29 km NW of Stratford.
- . The first settler was U. C. Lee, who opened a store for area farmers. Joseph Kidd settled a few years later in the community then known as Carron brook after a tributary to the Bayfield River that flowed through the settlement.
- When salt was discovered at Seaforth, about 11 km NW of Carronbrook, Kidd piped brine to Carronbrook, where he set up a saltworks, employed up to 50 people and produced 200 barrels of salt a day.
- He also built a sawmill and a business block on the main street. The post office was established as Carronbrook in 1854, but in 1878 the name was changed to Dublin, Kidd's birthplace in Ireland.
- From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884
Address of this page:
http://www.ruralroutes.com/dublin
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Visitors to this page: 2,951
Off the beaten track: |
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St. Columban, 4km
Beechwood, Seaforth area, 6km
Staffa, 8km
Brandy Point, 9km
Munro, 10km
Manley, 11km
Cromarty, 10km
Slabtown, Seaforth area, 10km
Seaforth, 10km
Russeldale, 13km
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Nearby Lakes: |
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Morrison Lake, 21km
Tricks Pond, 26km
Lake Victoria, 29km
Wildwood Lake, 36km
McCarthy Lake, 33km
Wroxeter Mill Pond, 42km
Harrington Pond, 38km
Sunova Lake, 41km
Mud Lake, 45km
Fanshawe Lake, 51km
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