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In 1858, Dr William H. Oliver, who had written for and edited a number of periodicals in the early 1800s, established a weekly newspaper called The Erie News in Simcoe. [1] After publishing for three years, the newspaper was sold to William Buckingham in 1861, who renamed it The Norfolk Reformer. Buckingham edited the paper for 18 months under ...
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Sportspeople from Norfolk County, Ontario (22 P) Pages in category "People from Norfolk County, Ontario" The following 78 pages are in this category, out of 78 total.
The population in 1850 was about 1600; in that year, Simcoe became the County seat of Norfolk County. [41] Simcoe was incorporated as a town in 1878 and had its own town council and mayor until December 31, 2000. In 2001, the town and all other municipalities within the Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk were dissolved and the region ...
The Regional Municipality of Haldimand–Norfolk was created by Act of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1973, which took effect on January 1, 1974. The creation of the Regional Municipality resulted in the consolidation of the former municipalities of Haldimand and Norfolk Counties into six new municipalities:
Norfolk County (/ ˈ n ɔːr f oʊ k / NOR-fohk) is a rural single-tier municipality on the north shore of Lake Erie in Southwestern Ontario, Canada with a 2023 population of 73,015. [3]
Simcoe is an unincorporated community and former town in Southwestern Ontario, Canada near Lake Erie.It is the county seat and largest community of Norfolk County. [1] Simcoe is at the junction of Highway 3, at Highway 24, due south of Brantford, and accessible to Hamilton by nearby Highway 6.
An electric railway, Canadian Pacific's Lake Erie and Northern Railway, once operated in Waterford; the official fare from Galt to Waterford was a mere C$1.05 ($13.52 in the day's gold-money) while taking it to nearby Simcoe cost C$1.25 plus taxes (C$43.25 in today's gold-money equivalent at US$1250 per ounce and C$1.33 to US$1 exchange rate). [9]