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By Cosmos Mariner, May 25, 2022
Founding of Simcoe Marker (west side)
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1 ► Ontario, Norfolk County, Simcoe — Founding of Simcoe —
Lieutenant-Governor Simcoe's visit to this locality in 1795 led to a grant to Aaron Culver, one of the districts earliest settlers, on condition of building mills. By 1812, a hamlet had formed near these mills, but they were burnt and adjacent . . . — — Map (db m217600) HM
2 ► Ontario, Norfolk County, Simcoe — Norfolk County Court-House and Gaol —
The original court-house was built on this site by 1842, and the gaol, designed by the prominent Toronto architect William Thomas, was constructed in 1848. Following a fire in 1863 which destroyed the court-house, the present structure was designed . . . — — Map (db m217592) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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