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Ontario Tourism Region : Hamilton, Halton, and Brant
Description From Owner:
- 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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