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18 Ogilvie St.,
Dundas,
Ontario
L9H 2S2
Phone : (905) 627-3507
Your Host(s) : Dundas Public Library
Description From Owner:
- Pop. 2,500. In Reg. Mun. of Hamilton-Wentworth on Glen Cr. and C. Rd. 504, 1 km. N of Hwy 8, 4 km. NW of Dundas.
- The place was known as Franklin Corners and Joyce's Corners until the post office was established in 1853 as Greensville after pioneer settler William Green who settled in 1799.
- A half mi. (.8 km.) W of Greensville was Crook's Hollow, where James Crook operated Upper Canada's first paper mill.
- Crook built the mill in 1826 because of the growing domestic market and the high tariff imposed on imported paper.
- The mill operated until it was destroyed by fire in 1875. In 1860 Greensville was the home of Ontario's largest distillery, which was converted to a malt house in 1870.
- From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884
Address of this page:
http://www.ruralroutes.com/greensville
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Visitors to this page: 757
Off the beaten track: |
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Brock Gardens, 0km
Greensville, 1km
Bullocks Corners, 2km
Glenwood Heights, 2km
West Flamborough, 2km
Christies Corner, 3km
Hayesland, 4km
Highland Park Survey, 5km
Mineral Springs, 6km
Pleasant Valley, Ancaster area, 5km
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Nearby Lakes: |
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Christie Reservoir, 2km
Gulliver's Lake, 8km
West Pond, 6km
Carlisle Pond, 12km
Progreston Pond, 12km
Dunmark Lake, 13km
Lake Medad, 13km
McClures Lake, 17km
Fisher's Pond, 15km
Valens Reservoir, 16km
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