Rural Routes - Oakland

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Oakland, Ontario
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Ontario Tourism Region : Hamilton, Halton, and Brant

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Pop. 91. In Brant C. on Mckenzie Cr. and C. Rds. 4 & 24, 18 km. SW of Brantford.
The community was first called Perth when it was surveyed in 1810. In 1840 it was renamed Oakland after the township in which it was then located.
The township, surveyed in 1796, had fIrst been called the Gore of Townsend. In 1800 it was transferred to Burford Township and called the Gore of Burford.
. In 1821 it was renamed after a fine stand of oak trees running through the area.

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Hon Col E. M. (Ed) Pancoe, 56th Field Artillery Regt, Brantford on 02-Apr-13

Oakland is the site of the Battle of Malcolm's Mills on 6 Nov 1814, the last battle of the War of 1812-14. Please see the link below. http://www.ontarioplaques.com/Plaques_ABC/Plaque_Brant06.html

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Off the beaten track:	Maple Grove, Shelburne area, 3km Wilsonville, 4km Scotland, 4km East Oakland, 4km Four Ponds Corners, 5km Burtch, 6km Boston, Waterford area, 7km Dundurn, 8km Fairfield Plain, 7km Vanessa, 9km Round Plains, 10km Bill's Corners, Waterford area, 9km Mount Vernon, Burford area, 10km Bishopsgate, 10km Waterford, 12km Newport, 10km Bealton, 9km	West Brant, 12km Eagle Place, 12km Holmedale, 13km Tutela Heights, 12km Victoria Mills, 10km Smith's Corners, 10km Kelvin, 11km Townsend Centre, 13km Northfield, Burford area, 11km Terrace Hill, 14km Sour Spring, 12km Teeterville, 13km Windham Centre, 15km Fairview, Brantford area, 16km Bloomsburg, 16km Hartford, 12km Lynnville, 17km	Tranquility, 17km VillaNova, 15km Wyndham Hills, 17km Echo Place, 16km Little Buffalo, 14km Falkland, 17km Colborne, 19km Ranelagh, 14km Rattlesnake Harbour, 18km Cainsville, 17km Tyrrell, 19km Osborne Corners, 20km Medina Corners, 15km Hatchley, 15km Simcoe, 21km Bookton, 17km
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