Rural Routes - Beachville

434794 Zorra Line
Beachville, Ontario
N0J 1A0

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Ontario Tourism Region : Southwestern

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Pop. 875. In West Oxford and North Oxford Ts., Oxford C., on the Thames R. and C. Rd. 9, 6 km. SW of Woodstock.
The first settler was John Carroll, who came from New Jersey in 1784. Beachville was named by its fIrst postmaster, William Merigold, in 1832, to honour Andrew Beach, owner of the fIrst grist mill.
Beachville proudly claims to be 'Home of Baseball' because the fIrst recorded game of baseball took place here a year before Abner Doubleday 'invented' the game in Cooperstown, NY.
The game, on June 4, 1838, is described in detail in a letter written by Dr. Adam Ford of Denver, CO., who grew up in St. Marys and was among spectators at the game.
His original letter is in Cooperstown's Baseball Hall of Fame, but officials there have never formally recognized Beachville's claim.
(Information on the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is found under the listing for St. Marys).

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Off the beaten track:	Dorland, Woodstock area, 4km Centreville, Ingersoll area, 5km Golspie, 5km Cody's Corners, 5km Zorra Station, 5km Foldens, 6km Dunn's Corner, 5km Sweaburg, 6km Hagles Corners, 9km Perrys Lane, 8km Tollgate, 9km Rayside, 7km Salford, 10km Willow Lake, 10km Braemar, 12km Huntingford, 12km Curries, 10km	Dicksons Corners, 11km Strathallan, 14km Zenda, 14km Bond's Corners, 12km Youngsville, 14km Oxford Centre, 12km Verschoyle, 16km Holbrook, 14km Holiday, 13km Putnam, 15km Bennington, 15km Dereham Centre, 18km Eastwood, 14km Brooksdale, 18km Thamesford, 15km Banner, 16km Newark, 17km	Crampton, 19km Oriel, 15km Maplewood, 21km Ostrander, 21km Forest Estates, 18km Cassel, 22km Culloden, 22km Avon, 22km Vandecar, 17km Hink's Corners, 19km Maple Lake Park, 20km Beaconsfield, 18km Harrington, 21km Delmer, 25km Ratho, 23km Bradburn Subdivision, 24km
Nearby Lakes:	Centreville Pond, 5km Hodges Pond, 8km Embro Pond, 11km Mud Lake, 15km Trout Lake, 16km Spring Lake, 19km Trotters Lake, 18km Fowlers Pond, 18km Buchanan Lake, 19km Buck Pond, 20km Park Haven Lake, 19km Maple Lake, 20km Sunova Lake, 19km Lake Whittaker, 22km Harrington Pond, 21km Pine Pond, 20km Lake Lisgar, 26km	Wildwood Lake, 24km St. Josephs Lake, 27km Mill Pond, 23km Mud Lakes, 24km Cooley Pond, 22km Mill Pond, 26km Beattie Pond, 26km Shakespeare Pond, 32km McCarthy Lake, 32km Foster Ponds, 27km Burgess Lake, 27km Lake Victoria, 34km Levey Lake, 29km Fanshawe Lake, 29km Tennants Pond, 33km Lake Hunger, 31km Hofstetter Lake, 39km	Spongy Lake, 39km Pond Mills, 34km Alder Lake, 38km Springwater Pond, 42km White's Pond, 42km Westminster Ponds, 35km Walkers Pond, 36km Watson Pond, 38km Sunfish Lake, 45km Jedburgh Pond, 38km O'neals Pond, 36km Paradise Lake, 47km Watts Pond, 37km Little Turnbull Lake, 39km Turnbull Lake, 39km Reid's Lake, 41km

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