Stirton, Ontario

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Stirton
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Stirton
Stirton (Ontario)
Coordinates: 43°44′02″N80°41′18″W / 43.73389°N 80.68833°W / 43.73389; -80.68833 Coordinates: 43°44′02″N80°41′18″W / 43.73389°N 80.68833°W / 43.73389; -80.68833
Country Canada
Province Ontario
County Wellington
Township Mapleton
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
GNBC Code FCSOW [1]

Stirton is an unincorporated rural community in Mapleton Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. [1] [2]

Mapleton, Ontario Township in Ontario, Canada

Mapleton is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within Wellington County.

Wellington County, Ontario County in Ontario, Canada

Wellington County is a county located in Southwestern Ontario, Canada and is part of the Greater Golden Horseshoe. The County, made up of two towns and five townships, is predominantly rural in nature. However many of its residents commute to urban areas such as Guelph, Kitchener, Waterloo, Brampton, Mississauga, Toronto and Hamilton for employment. According to the 2016 Census, the population of the County was 90,932.

The Conestogo River flows 0.85 km (0.53 mi) west of Stirton, and the land between the settlement and the river are part of the Conestogo Lake Conservation Area.

Conestogo River river in Canada

The Conestogo River is a river in Waterloo Region and Wellington County in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. The river was named by Mennonite settlers after the Conestoga River in Pennsylvania. In the 1800s there were several different spellings of the name of the river and of the nearby settlement of Conestogo, Ontario but the name ending in "o" became official.

Stirton prospered from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s.

History

The settlement was named for David Stirton, a member of the House of Commons from 1857 to 1876. [3]

David Stirton was a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada representing Wellington South from 1867 to 1876.

House of Commons of Canada lower house of the Parliament of Canada

The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons currently meets in a temporary Commons chamber in the West Block of the parliament buildings on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, while the Centre Block, which houses the traditional Commons chamber, undergoes a ten-year renovation.

A map of Stirton from the 1850s showed that the settlement had 16 lots. Many were sold between 1856 and 1868. [3]

The settlement was divided into two sections, Upper Stirton and Lower Stirton, located about 1 km (0.62 mi) apart. Mills were located in one section, while merchants and residences were located in the other. [4]

A post office operated from 1863 to 1910, and local merchant John Sanderson was the first postmaster. [3] [5] The early settlement also had a blacksmith shop, tannery, cooper, shoe shop, harness maker, general store, carriage maker, two churches, and three carpenters. A flax mill was built in 1867, and employed about 60 people. The Hotel Stirton operated during the late 1860s. [3] [4]

In 1871, Stirton was receiving mail daily, and had a population of 150. [4]

Many of Stirton's businesses were abandoned by 1900, and the Methodist church in Stirton existed until 1929. [3]

During the early 1950s, construction began on a dam located 7 km (4.3 mi) south of Stirton, across the Conestogo River. The completed dam would flood a large area southwest of Stirton, and create Conestogo Lake. In 1956, a news article suggested that Stirton would become "a livelier centre as tourists drive around the new lake and over the only bridge across the Conestogo River at the north end of the lake". Stirton failed to become more popular following the completion of the dam in 1958. [3] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Stirton". Natural Resources Canada. October 6, 2016.
  2. "Mapleton". Statistics Canada. November 2, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Campbell, Jean (March 23, 2012). "The Village of Stirton". Drayton Community News.
  4. 1 2 3 Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Wellington, for 1871-2. A. O. Loomis & Co. 1871. pp. 145, 146, 150.
  5. "Stirton". Library and Archives Canada. May 27, 2014.
  6. Thorning, Stephen. "Years of Talk Before Construction of Conestogo Dam". The Wellington Advertiser. Retrieved April 18, 2017.