Rural Routes Ontario

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Elora, Ontario
N0B 1S0

Ontario Tourism Region : Huron, Perth, Waterloo and Wellington

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Pop. 3,126. In Nichol T., Wellington C., on the GrandR. at Irvine Cr. and C. Rds. 21 & 86, 24 km. NW of Guelph.
First known as Irvine Settlement and nicknamed 'City of Rocks,' the settlement was founded in 1832 by retired British officer Capt. William Gilkison.
He named the place Elora after his brother's ship, which in turn had been named after the cave temples of Ellora, India. Roswell Matthews built a house at the site in 1817.
He had been commissioned to build a mill, but after floods swept away a number of his efforts, he abandoned the project. The fIve-story limestone mill built in 1859 now is a posh inn.
Long-time resident Charles Clarke (1826-1909) was a prominent fIgure in the radical reform movement in Ontario. He played a major role in drafting the Clear Grit platform in 1851, whose policies included representation by population and secret ballot.

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