GeorgetownOn brings to light the history, nature, culture and people of Halton Hills.
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At the Georgetown Fire Hall, you’ll find a piece of local history that tells the story of both Halton Hills and the Second World War: ...
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The highest peak (414 metres) of Halton Hills is in Churchill, near Acton.
Halton Hills highest peak sits at 414 metres, or 1358 feet in a small village of Churchill, just outside of Acton. To be exact, the ... -
Georgetown’s Old Seed House Garden and Dominion Seed House
The Old Seed House Garden is a 1.8 acre civic garden honouring the legacy of the Dominion Seed House in Georgetown, Ontario. A haven for ...
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Historical Publications about Georgetown and Halton Hills
Glen Williams An Oasis in the Credit Valley, John Mark Benbow Rowe History of Glen Williams, Ontario from its founding to 2014. Over 80 B&W ... -
Silver Creek. History of the lost hamlet dates to 1849.
The southern Ontario plain meets the Niagara escarpment where Silver Creek village was established. This spot accommodated a wagon road up the escarpment, steep though ... -
Hungry Hollow trail runs along the Silver Creek
Hungry Hollow trail runs along the Silver Creek branch of the Credit River, nestled in a valley to the south of Georgetown. It is known ... -
St. Elias The Prophet church. Ukrainian architectural wooden jewel
Two years and 7 million dollars later St. Elias The Profit Church on Heritage Road is up and as beautiful as before. On April 5, ... -
Dorothy Stone – artist who designed the Halton Hills Coat of Arms
Dorothy Stone’s life and death is a bit of a mystery. Some say she was eccentric, an “oddball” who lived in the house she built ... -
History of Georgetown begins in 1781
The history of Georgetown began in 1781. At that time, the British government began buying land from the Mississauga Nation and in 1818 purchased the ... -
Scotsdale Farm’s history dates to 1938. The Bennetts and their legendary breeds.
Scotsdale Farm is undoubtedly one of the most picturesque places in Halton Hills. These 531 acres of meadows, ancient wetlands, and rolling streams are a ... -
Fly the flag for Canada
Our home and native landIn 2017, Halton Hills was declared the most patriotic town. We did it! We proudly showed our love for our country when our homes and ... -
Cheltenham Badlands. Red landscape 400 million years old.
This distinctive and seemingly dead landscape in Caledon badlands was formed at the bottom of an ancient sea more than 400 million years ago. This ...
Artists in Glen Williams
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Before the arrival of the Europeans, the area was occupied by the Attawandarons, who were an Iroquoian-speaking people. Other groups that occupied the land included the Anishinaabe and the Haudenosaunee. In the 1800s, people from Mississauga moved into the area.
In 1819, the British government would negotiate the purchase of the Mississauga land under Treaty 19. The name Esquesing probably means That Which Lies at the End.FIRST NATIONS -
The town GEORGETOWN is named for George Kennedy, who came to the Esquesing Township area as one of the first settlers, as his brother Charlesy surveyed land there after the so-called Indian Purchase.
In 1819, all five brothers claimed land in the vicinity of present-day Georgetown and began their businesses.
It was about 1837 when the area became to be known as Georgetown.HISTORY OF GEORGETOWN -
Acton
In 1825 the first settlers arrived in the area. Rev. Ezra, Rev. Zena and Rufus Adams left the Methodists to pursue the farming life It is not until 1836, however, that the settlement is named Adamsville.
When the first post office was established here in 1844, Robert Swan, the first postmaster, changed the name Adamsville to Acton, after his birthplace in England.HISTORY OF ACTON -
Norval
The history begins in 1820 when James McNab bought land in 1812 to build a mill and raise sheep. A post office was established in 1836 and within 10 years 200 people lived in the village and a mill, a pub, two churches and two shops were built.HISTORY OF NORVAL -
Glen William
The community of Williamsburg became the main industrial center of the area due to its mills that ran along the Credit River. In 1825, Benajah Williams established the Williams' Mill here with his son Charles and Joel and history began to be made.
In 1852, the name Williamsburg was changed to Glen Williams.HISTORY OF GLEN WILLIAMS -
In 1781 the British Government started purchasing land from the Mississauga Nation.
In 1818, they bought what are now the townships of Esquesing and Nassagaweya.
Halton Hills was known as Esquesing Township.
The name of Esquesing, which translates as likely as That Which Lies At End.
The Town of Halton Hills was formed in 1974 by the consolidation of the Towns of Acton, Georgetown, Esquesing Township and the Villages of Ballinafad, Glen Williams, Stewarttown, Limehouse, Glen Lawson, Speyside, Ashgrove, Crewson's Corners, Bannockburn, Henderson's Corners, Whaley's Corners, Mansewood, Hornby, Silver Creek, Terra Cotta a Norval.HISTORY OF HALTON HILLS