1842
Swing Bridge and Navigation
The first bridge in Cayuga was built in 1842 and consisted of a wooden structure that stretched across the river near King Street, one block north of where the bridge now stands. The bridge was part of . . . — — Map (db m235472) HM
In 1811 Matthew W. Smith located the site for a flour
and saw mill here on the Dunnville Road, south of
the village of Canborough. The mill was constructed
later that year by Major Robinson and operated first
by horses and then by water . . . — — Map (db m235440) HM
Judicial Complex, Haldimand County
Court House, 1923, Jail 1850-51,
Registry Office 1871, Jailer's Residence 1877
Built as part of the original judicial complex, the
stone jail was designed by Cumberland and Ridout.
The registry office . . . — — Map (db m235119) HM
Haldimand County
Heritage Landmark
circa 1835
Nicholas
Log Cabin
A fine example of one of the
few remaining early pioneer
hand hewn timber constructed
log cabins in Haldimand County.
It was built by Thomas Nicholas
beside the Old . . . — — Map (db m235457) HM
This country estate is a fine example of 19th-century Picturesque landscape design. Developed in the 1840s by David Thompson, promoter of the Grand River Navigation Company, its buildings and grounds are carefully integrated to create . . . — — Map (db m230560) HM
Following the American Revolution Sir Frederick Haldimand,
Governor-in-Chief of Canada, granted to the Six Nations of
the Iroquois a tract of land extending for six miles on both sides of the Grand River from its source to Lake Erie. This grant . . . — — Map (db m234947) HM
In 1815 the Royal Navy began building a depot on the
present site of Port Maitland. Though intended in the event of war to accommodate three frigates and 1,000 men, the base actually supported only the four schooners which then made up the . . . — — Map (db m231010) HM
Also known as Mansion House
Georgian design with Regency
influence Purchased in 1923
from Lemuel Lowery by Masters
and Wardens of Enniskillen Lodge
AF & AM No. 185 — — Map (db m234919) HM
This was the site of a flour and grist mill that served the village of York and district for almost a century. The original mill built in the 1820's or 1830's had a
water-wheel operated by water from the Grand River Navigation Co. dam at York. . . . — — Map (db m234917) HM
After receiving lands on the Grand River in 1784, the Six
Nations Indians invited Captain Hendrick Nelles, a Loyalist from the Mohawk Valley, to settle there with five of his sons. He and Robert, the eldest, established farms in what is new . . . — — Map (db m234914) HM
The Youngs
United Empire Loyalists
This land beside the Grand River was part of the Young
Tract granted to Adam Young and his family for their
loyalty to the Crown during the American Revolution. This
was in recompense for the loss of . . . — — Map (db m234931) HM
