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• Ontario Trapper’s Association – The heavily wooded areas of the Northern forests have provided a livelihood for thousands of trappers. Ontario has been for years the leading producer of beaver, fisher, mink, muskrat, otter, raccoon, fox and skunk. (Monmouth Township 1981) OTA is now http://www.furmanagers.com/ • Riverview Dairy was the first commercial dairy business in this part of the county. In 1953 the business was taken over by Ken Sanderson who designed a milk cap with a four leaf clover and registerd the business as Sanderson’s Dairy. In 1958 the buseiness was sold to Jack Crowe of Bobycaygeon the owner of Kawartha Dairy. (Monmouth Township 1981) • Wilberforce Planing Mill was set up in 1950 by Walter Klapow. 1957 Klawow constructed a cement bridge on Highway 648 at lamb’s Creek. 1960 a barge was constructed to recover sunken logs from the surrounding lakes. The barge first working voyage in Grace Lake. (Monmouth Township 1981) • Haunted House on the Burleigh Road, south of Clement Lake. Built from hewn timer with dove-tailed corners. This was the work of one of Monmouth’s earliers settlers, Martin Clement. He had come from Germany in 1860 to homestead on lot 34, concession 17. The nearby lake took its name from the Clements. The family moved away and stories circulated about a dreadful crime against a woman. The Drumm family moved in around the time of the WWI and rumour has it that they were plagued with noises in the night, footsteps, and creaking doors. They moved out and into a large chicken house that stood nearby. It was a great tourist attraction after that. The Scott family moved into the years later and the ghost by that time had vanished. The house is now being made suitable for future habitation. (Monmouth Township 1981) • Monmouth Volunteer Fire Dept took place in 1959 with Arthur Mather as the first Fire Chief after t<strong>hr</strong>ee homes in Wilberforce were destroyed my fire within a week in 1958. 1971 a new fire hall was built and the old building was rented to the LCBO. The Tory Hill is Monmouth’s second Fire Hall where the original pump is housed and still used on calls. In 1974 Walter Klapow was Fire Chief. (Monmouth Township 1981) • Orange Hall the main spot for social activities. In 1882 Daniel Tripp was granted a section of crown land in the newly-surveyed Monmouth Township. Samuel Ritchie bought the land a year later and then sold it to William Dunford. John Holmes became the owner in 1904 and it was from Mr. Holmes the 336 square yards of land was purchased by the “Independent Order of Foresters, “ a fraternal benefit society, for the price of $10.00. Members erected a building for meetings etc. It became the centre of social activities for local residents. Accommodation was provided for public meetings, court sessions, church service, dances, school 23
concerts and bazaars. In 1920 the building was transferred from the IOF to the Orange Lodge. The Orangemen had moved their club from Essonville to Wilberforce. IT now became the Orange Hall. For another forty years it was in constant service. Women in the community highly valued the social centre, and kept it well and raised funds to pay for taxes and hydro. Finally it fell into disuse as other buildings were constructed to take care of local activities. In 1971 the Township appropriated the land and old Faithful was demolished. In its place stands the Monmouth Library. Possibly no other piece of land in the township has served so many members of the community as well as this 336 square yards. (Monmouth Township 1981) The site of the historic Orange Hall – The Library took its place in 1971 - 2010 In Gertrude Miller’s book, she talks about the Orange Hall being packed with tables of people playing progressive euc<strong>hr</strong>e. (Miller, 2000) • Victory Garden in the Wilberforce schoolyard (Miller, 2000) • The first Wilberforce school located in South Wilberforce (circa 1890) was replaced in 1911 by a two-room consolidated school built several miles to the north. (Miller, 2000) • Riley’s Boarding House, store, and post office was built in 1910 after the previous one burned • Poverty Lake now known as Wilbermere Lake. It was called Poverty lake because the farmers that lived around it were poor. (Pope 1985) • H.S. Mulloy’s water-powered mill on the Burnt River in South Wilberfoce. (Pope 1985) 24
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Page 5 and 6: Table of Contents Abstract Acknowle
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Page 9 and 10: LITERATURE REVIEW Cultural landmark
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Page 15 and 16: Data Collection: Books and Web Sear
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