Rural Routes - City of Woodstock (Lower Tier Oxford)

433 Norwich Ave.
Woodstock, Ontario
N4S 3W4

Ontario Tourism Region : Southwestern

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Pop. 32,347. In Blandford and East Oxford Ts., Oxford C., on the Thames R. at Cedar Cr. and C. Rds. 2, 9 & 59, 2 km. W of Hwys 401 & 403, 43 km. NE of London.
Rear Admiral Henry Vansittart is considered to be the founder of Woodstock, although most of the work was done by his agent, Capt. Andrew Drew.
During the 1837 Rebellion, Drew commanded the Canadian force that destroyed the American steamer Caroline.
Drew went to the area in 1832 and on Vansittart's behalf bought a tract ofland in what is now the east side of the city, surveyed it into lots, and built houses for himself and Vansittart.
The west side of what is now Woodstock had already been laid out as a town plot by Lt.-Gov. John Graves Simcoe.
The place was first known as Town Plot; later, one half was called Oxford and the other, Brighton.
Vansittart arrived in 1834, built a store and a tavern, and fmanced the construction of St. Paul's Church, which was consecrated in 1838 and is still in use.
The post office opened in 1835, and was called Woodstock after a village in Oxfordshire, England. Woodstock town hall, built in 1852, is now home of the Oxford County Museum.
A plaque at his former home on Vansittart A venue recalls Thomas 'Carbide' Willson who in 1892 discovered a process for producing calcium carbide, a chemical compound used in the manufacture of acetylene gas.

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Off the beaten track:	Perrys Lane, 3km Bond's Corners, 3km Tollgate, 4km Willow Lake, 6km Dorland, Woodstock area, 5km Oxford Centre, 6km Eastwood, 6km Sweaburg, 8km Curries, 9km Huntingford, 8km Forest Estates, 9km Golspie, 8km Strathallan, 11km Oriel, 11km Maple Lake Park, 12km Foldens, 12km Braemar, 11km	Vandecar, 11km Holbrook, 14km Blandford Station, 12km Creditville, 11km Cody's Corners, 11km Ratho, 16km Muir, 12km Centreville, Ingersoll area, 13km Windfall, Woodstock area, 14km Cassel, 16km Zenda, 17km Zorra Station, 13km Beaconsfield, 14km Hagles Corners, 16km Salford, 17km Showers Corners, 14km Dunn's Corner, 14km	Newark, 19km Gobles, 14km Chesterfield, 18km Hink's Corners, 19km Blink Bonnie, 19km Rayside, 16km Youngsville, 17km New Durham, 18km Plattsville, 21km Tavistock, 22km Maplewood, 20km The Junction, Norwich area, 21km Princeton, 17km Punkeydoodles Corners, 24km Brooksdale, 19km Sebastopol, 23km
Nearby Lakes:	Hodges Pond, 6km Trout Lake, 8km Trotters Lake, 9km Fowlers Pond, 9km Buchanan Lake, 10km Buck Pond, 11km Park Haven Lake, 10km Maple Lake, 12km Pine Pond, 11km Centreville Pond, 13km Cooley Pond, 15km Embro Pond, 15km Burgess Lake, 17km Mud Lake, 23km Levey Lake, 20km Mill Pond, 26km Spring Lake, 26km	Shakespeare Pond, 28km Lake Lisgar, 30km Harrington Pond, 24km St. Josephs Lake, 31km Sunova Lake, 24km Hofstetter Lake, 31km Spongy Lake, 32km Alder Lake, 29km McCarthy Lake, 30km Lake Hunger, 28km Wildwood Lake, 27km Lake Whittaker, 31km Watson Pond, 29km Jedburgh Pond, 29km O'neals Pond, 28km Lake Victoria, 33km Little Turnbull Lake, 30km	Watts Pond, 29km Turnbull Lake, 30km Reid's Lake, 32km McCrone's Lakes, 31km Sunfish Lake, 38km Mill Pond, 32km Mud Lakes, 33km Paradise Lake, 41km Pinehurst Lake, 32km Clair Lake, 39km Moore Pond, 32km Hillside Lake, 33km Despond Lakes, 33km Laurel Creek Reservoir, 40km Wrigley's Lake, 33km Columbia Lake, 40km

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