Rural Routes Ontario

1081 Centre St.,
Wroxeter, Ontario
N0G 2X0

Ontario Tourism Region : Huron, Perth, Waterloo and Wellington

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Pop. 353. In Howick T., Huron C., on the Maitland R. and C. Rds. 12 & 87, 7 km. SE of Wingham.
The townsite was part of a large tract of land bought by the Hon. James Patton and two men named Boys and Torre.
In 1856 Thomas and Robert Gibson acquired some of that land and the water rights and, with their brother John, built saw- and flour mills on the Maitland R.
James Patton's brother, Andrew, built the first frame house in 1858, surveyed the community, and laid out a townsite, naming it after Wroxeter in Shropshire, England.
In the same year a post office was established, and Andrew Patton was appointed postmaster. In 1874 a branch of the Toronto, Grey and Bruce Rallway reached the community.
Railway construction workers considerably swelled the population, and civic leaders took advantage of the situation to conduct a census.
Including the railway workers, and with a canny disregard for village boundaries, the head count reached 750, enabling Wroxeter to incorporate as a village.

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Off the beaten track:	Belmore, 10km McIntosh, Mildmay area, 12km Bluevale Siding, 9km Lakelet, 11km Wingham Junction, 10km Molesworth, 12km Glenannan, 11km Mayne Corners, 12km Ambleside, 16km Ethel Siding, 17km Wingham, 13km Lower Wingham, 13km Kurtzville, 14km Cranbrook, 19km Hutton Heights, 14km Newbridge, 14km Trowbridge, 18km	Teeswater, 18km Henfryn, 20km Deemerton, 21km Brotherston, 16km Sunshine, Blyth area, 18km Silver Corners, 23km Bieman's Corners, 20km Otter Creek, Mildmay area, 25km Fultons, 19km Moltke, 22km Moncrieff, 25km Lauderbach, 21km McNaught, 26km Salem, Walkerton area, 24km Walton, 24km Newry, 26km Alsfeldt, 23km	Greenock, 27km Walkerton, 28km Whitechurch, 21km Carmunnock, 29km Carlsruhe, 28km Dryden, 22km Harriston Junction, 22km Leadbury, 28km Ayton Siding, 26km Marnoch, 22km Drew, 24km Maple Hill, Hanover area, 31km Lower Langside, 25km Manley, 31km West Monkton, 32km Riversdale, 29km
Nearby Lakes:	Wroxeter Mill Pond, 0km Lakelet Lake, 12km Blind Lake, 13km Witter's Pond, 19km Hamel's Pond, 19km McGlinn Lake, 26km Metzger Pond, 30km Wraith's Lake, 25km McFarlane Lake, 28km Mullin's Mill Pond, 33km Marl Lake, 34km Ruhl Lake, 34km Hodgins Lake, 29km Lake Rosalind, 35km Ballinafad Lake, 27km Clam Lake, 31km Purvis Lake, 27km	Cargill Mill Pond, 37km Schmidt Lake, 36km Plum Lake, 36km Silver Lake, 32km Pearl Lake, 38km Westfall's Lake, 37km Dankert Lake, 38km Pike Lake, 29km Bester Lake, 37km Allan Park Trout Pond, 36km Statters Lake, 32km Mud Lake, 29km Cunningham Lake, 36km Meyer Lake, 38km Habermehl Lake, 40km Hayes Lake, 33km Gordon Lake, 38km	McDonald Lake, 44km Copps Lake, 46km Boyd Lake, 46km Holstein Dam, 38km Bluewater Lakes, 47km Binns Lake, 47km Louise Lake, 47km North Louise Lake, 48km Conestogo Lake, 39km McLean Lake, 46km Matthews Lake, 43km Welbeck Mill Pond, 50km McCormick Lake, 48km Wilder Lake, 45km Tobermory Lake, 50km Black Lake, 46km

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