Rural Routes Ontario - Town of Caledon (Lower Tier Peel)

20 Snelcrest Dr.,
Caledon, Ontario
L7C 1B5

Ontario Tourism Region : York, Durham and Hills of Headwaters

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Caledon Pop. 39,837. On the Credit R. and Hwy 10,24 km NW of Brampton.
A town formed by regional government in 1974 by the incorporation of the Communities of Alton, Belfountain, Caledon, Cataract, and Inglewood; the villages of Bolton and Caledon East, and the T. of Albion.
The present town name, however, has a long history. Settlement in this hilly and very scenic region started in 1819 when the government opened a rough sleigh track for surveyors.
The first town meeting was held in 1824 near Belfountain when settlers appointed a clerk, tax collector, and constable. The community was ftrst called Raeburn's Corners and then Charleston.
The name was changed to Caledon in 1839. Caledon was the political name for a part of Scotland, the name believed to have been derived from the Latin verb celare ('to conceal.')
Caledonians were people skilled at concealing themselves in woody shelters.
There were a number of clashes and near riots during the 1830s because many of Caledon's Scottish settlers supported William Lyon Mackenzie and his Reformers, and just as many others were staunch Tories.
On one occasion, the story goes, a group of Orangemen broke up a Reformers' banquet Gust as grace was being said) by storming the meeting place and eating all the food in sight.
In 1864 James McLaren, son of one of the township's pioneers, built a castle with a Norman tower at Caledon.
For a century the castle was a well-known landmark, and here the Grangers, Ontario's first farmers' cooperative, for a time used to hold their meetings before the property was acquired as a private residence.
The castle was destroyed by frre in 1964.

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Off the beaten track:	Mono Road, 1km Albion, 5km Kilmanagh, 5km Lockton, 6km Hockley Valley, 6km Sandhill, 5km Humber, 5km Humber Grove, 6km Macville, 6km Silver Creek, Caledon area, 8km Cedar Mills, 8km Campbells Cross, 9km Claude, 9km Sleswick, 8km Glasgow, Bolton area, 7km Star, 7km Victoria, Brampton area, 10km	Castlederg, 9km Ballycroy, 12km Ferndale, Brampton area, 12km Boston Mills, 12km Sligo, 10km Mayfield, 13km Tullamore, 12km Black Horse, Schomberg area, 14km Cheltenham, 14km Cedarville, Tottenham, 15km Mono Mills, 12km Coventry, 11km Snelgrove, 15km Connor, 14km Speersville, 12km Wildfield, 12km Hammertown, 13km	Forks of the Credit, 13km The Grange, 14km Brimstone, 13km Tamarac Estates, 14km Rockside, 16km Achill, 17km Alloa, 18km Holly Park, 14km Tormore, 13km Terra Cotta, 17km Tottenham, 18km Cataract, 14km Rich Hill, 17km Lucille, 17km Athlone, 19km Coulterville, 14km
Nearby Lakes:	Innis Lake, 1km Widgett Lake, 2km Gibson Lake, 10km Warnock Lake, 9km Hall Lake, 14km Heart Lake, 15km Kennifick Lake, 14km Green Lake, 12km Tottenham Pond, 17km Humber Springs Ponds, 14km Sharon Lake, 14km Dufferin Lake, 15km Thompson Lake, 16km Allens Lakes, 18km Melville Pond, 16km Bell's Lake, 18km McCallum's Pond, 18km	Orangeville Reservoir, 20km Caledon Lake, 20km Kelly Lake, 22km Claireville Reservoir, 23km Cressview Lakes, 21km Hackett Lake, 23km McCarston's Lake, 27km Roman Lake, 25km Lake Aquitaine, 32km Fairy Lake, 31km Scotch Block Reservoir, 33km Lake Wabukayne, 33km Mary Lake, 27km Mud Lake, 28km Lake Seneca, 29km Mill Pond, 39km Kelso Lake, 40km	Thompson Lake, 31km Springwater Lakes, 37km Campbellville Pond, 43km Philips Lake, 32km Crawford Lake, 45km Bond Lake, 34km Wilcox Lake, 35km St. George Lake, 36km McClures Lake, 49km Mountsberg Reservoir, 48km West Pond, 40km Grenadier Pond, 40km Haynes Lake, 38km Guelph Lake, 42km Progreston Pond, 53km Simeon Lake, 39km

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