On Airport Road 0.2 kilometers north of Highway 89, on the right when traveling north.
Two large quarries once operated in Dufferin County, supplying the material used in the walls, sills, facings, footings, curbstones, flagstones, and trim of local buildings.
In 1856, the Nottawasaga Stone Quarry began operations. It was often . . . — — Map (db m305942) HM
On Airport Road at Highway 89, on the right when traveling north on Airport Road.
The Wesleyan Methodist congregation of Corbetton (Melancthon Township) was organized by 1875. For about 10 years, they met in the schoolhouse, until land was purchased, and a church built in 1885.
Thanks to community donations the costs associated . . . — — Map (db m305938) HM
The County of Dufferin was created out of portions of Grey, Simcoe and Wellington counties in 1881.
The newly-formed county was named after the Lord of Dufferin (Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood), who served as the third Govenor General of . . . — — Map (db m305949) HM
On Airport Road 0.2 kilometers north of Highway 89, on the right when traveling north.
Constructed using stone from the tavern level of the Stanton Hotel, which was built in 1863 by Win Hand: born 1840, Stanton, Ontario, died 1913, Sault Ste. Marie, USA.
Stanton, located two kilometres to the north, was arguably the most . . . — — Map (db m305946) HM
On Airport Road 0.3 kilometers north of Highway 89, on the right when traveling north.
Construction of this Methodist church was completed in 1885 in the hamlet of Corbetton, Melancthon Township. It served as a centre of community life in Corbetton for many decades until it was relocated to this site at the Dufferin County Museum and . . . — — Map (db m305941) HM
On 2 Line East at Sideroad 24, on the right when traveling north on 2 Line East.
Situated on a bluff overlooking the Pine River Valley. Joseph Lennox
was the first settler to purchase crown land. By 1883, Robert Reid built a house and blacksmith shop and was appointed first postmaster.
Named for early settler Wm. Rusk. — — Map (db m305937) HM
The windmill was introduced to Canadians in the 1865 publication, The Canadian Farmer. It reported that a new, self-adjusting windmill was exhibited at the New York State fall fair and was admirably adapted for pumping water, sawing wood, . . . — — Map (db m305959) HM
