Places of worship, Part 7

During the 1820s, prior to Alexander MacDonnell’s appointment as the first bishop of Upper Canada, the Head-of-the-Lake area was visited intermittently by Catholic missionaries stationed at Niagara, including Fathers Proulx, Forbes and Cullen, who Read more

Places of worship, Part 6

Of the five mainstream Christian churches seeking to establish themselves in Upper Canada, the Roman Catholic Church held an enormous advantage, as its hierarchy was already in place in Lower Canada. During Lt.-Gov. John Read more

Places of worship, Part 5

Below the escarpment in Dundas, the Presbyterians held their services at a number of locations – the non-denominational Free Church built in 1826, St. Andrew’s built in 1837 and the Blue Stone Church erected Read more

Places of worship, Part 4

Beginning in the 1820s, the population at the Head-of-the-Lake began to swell dramatically as a result of large-scale immigration from Great Britain. During the next 30 years, this population, of first the Scots, then Read more

Places of worship, Part 3

Several notable Methodist leaders allowed their homes to become places of worship, including Peter Bowman in Ancaster and Richard Springer in Hamilton.

This resulted in the creation of small chapels in the townships surrounding Read more

Places of worship, Part 2

Rev. William Case, described as “a handsome man with a powerful voice,” was appointed in 1808 to serve a territory that stretched around the western end of Lake Ontario by the New York Conference Read more

Places of worship, Part 1

The arrival of several hundred destitute and displaced American settlers at the Head-of-the-Lake following the conclusion of the American Revolutionary War dates from the last two decades of the 18th century. Like the Puritans Read more

The Purnell family from Gloucestershire, England is regarded as one of the earliest families to arrive in the northern part of East Flamborough Township.

Property ownership in the area was complicated by the British Crown’s decision to award so Read more

David Van Every was the first settler in the area that would become known as Christie’s Corners, at the intersection of Hwy. 8 and Beverly Town Line, in 1802 through his Crown Grant of 200 acres of land in Read more

“The Gore” – the apex at the junction of the Side Road and Hwy. 6 in Millgrove – was owned by Albert Palmer in the first half of the 19th century. Palmer sold this point of the Gore to Read more