GeorgetownOn brings to light the history, nature, culture and people of Halton Hills.
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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 ...
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Georgetown Farmers’ Market is the highlight of community life. From June
Since 1993, fresh, juicy fruits & berries and field-ripened tomatoes & veggies picked in the morning and served at your dinner table that night! Along ... -
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 ...
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Devastating ice storm in Georgetown, Ontario, 2013
Freezing rain begun to fall on Halton Hils on December 20, 2013. Over 30mm of ice covered the trees and hydro lines. Much of the ... -
War Memorials and Remembrance Parks in Halton Hills
The original war memorial in Georgetown. It was erected in 1920, in memory of the local men who died in the Great War. It was ... -
The 170th Georgetown Fall Fair 2016 is one of the biggest community
Georgetown Fall Fair is one of the biggest community events in Halton Hills. Yes, it’s a great fun and family event but also an opportunity ... -
Georgetown’s Old Armoury. Historic significance and cultural importance.
The Old Armoury is a wood frame post and beam structure of approximately 5,000 square feet which was built by the village of Georgetown in ... -
Exhibition of altered books at The Helson Gallery in Georgetown
When is a book not a book? When it’s been transformed into a one-of-a kind work of art! This fascinating artform dates to medieval times ... -
Snowbirds salute Halton Hills and Georgetown
Snowbirds salute Halton Hills and Georgetown. Canada’s Most Patriotic Town. August 31 2017. The Canadian Forces (CF) Snowbirds, 431 Air Demonstration Squadron are a Canadian ... -
Glen Williams. One of the most picturesque villages in Ontario
Glen Williams is one the most beautiful villages in Ontario. The Williams Mill is home to many visual artist and is a major draw to ... -
100th Anniversary of WW1 at The Old Armoury in Georgetown
The Old Armoury in Georgetown. One hundred and forty eight years ago, under the threat of an attack on their homes and their freedom, the ... -
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 ...
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