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43-637: The site was on the concession road which became Wentworth Street, climbing the Niagara Escarpment, though it remains impassible to this day. In 1906 a new owner renamed it Wentworth Incline Railway (although many city residents called it the East-End Incline . The system had two tracks with two car operation with second generation cars used after 1910. The original cars were wood. The cars were quite wide (20.5 feet by 30 feet), so that small streetcars could have been carried, but this

86-484: A single-front survey, lots were measured from one side of the concession to the other. Any errors in the survey became apparent at the road junctions, with the side roads being offset. Example Jogged Intersection in Single Front Township In a double-front survey, lots were measured from the front of the concession to a midpoint, and then from the back of the concession to the midpoint. This makes

129-409: A baseball diamond. It is home to the local Chatsworth Rebels. The village of Desboro saw its first building in 1856. It was a log school house. The area was originally called Brown's Corners. At some point its name was changed to Donnybrook and then to Desborough after a village in central England. The first house and store were built in 1866 by George Smith. The Desboro hotel was built in 1869 and

172-531: A bookstore and restaurant housed in an historic grain mill. A small dam controls the North Saugeen River . It has several churches , and a community cemetery . It is located on Highway 6 between Durham and Owen Sound . The village of Williamsford was first surveyed in 1858 comprising 400 acres in preparation for a railway which was to run from Toronto to Owen Sound. Each township was to contribute $ 40,000 to its construction. The post office

215-718: A common square grid layout known as a 1,000-Acre Sectional System, adjacent parallel roads were 100 chains or 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (2.0 km) apart, and arranged as ten 100-acre lots each 20 chains by 50 chains so that two consecutive concession roads and two consecutive side roads enclosed a square of 1,000 acres (4.0 km ). Another system used 100-acre lots each 30 by 33 + 1 ⁄ 3 chains, again arranged in 1000-acre blocks. Concession roads were 5 ⁄ 6 mile (1.3 km) apart, while sideroads were 1 + 7 ⁄ 8 miles (3.0 km) apart. Other plans used during colonial surveying used different layouts and lot sizes of 100, 150, 160, 200 or 320 acres. In

258-434: A competitor called "Chatsworth Banner" which was also weekly and ran from 1896 to 1907. Chatsworth featured a hockey arena which closed on 30 September 2017. The half-century-old Chatsworth Community Centre closed for good on 30 September 2017 Chatsworth Township Mayor Bob Pringle said the costs to deal with the building's structural issues, which were outlined in an April 2017 report by GM BluePlan engineers, and to bring

301-514: A few of the "sideline" roads in urban areas still retain their historic numbered lines or use "Line" for their street designations: Brown's Line , Ninth Line , and Guelph Line are important thoroughfares in Toronto and its western suburbs. Chatsworth, Ontario Chatsworth is a township municipality in Grey County , in southwestern Ontario , Canada . The township is located at

344-500: A grist mill, carding and saw mill." In 1882–83 the first general store was opened in the village. The main sawmill in the village was purchased by the Hallman family in 1944 and rebuilt after it had lain mostly idle for 22 years. It burned down on October 15, 1984 and was still utilizing a water-driven turbine up to that point to provide one-third of its energy. The fire was likely caused by an electrical accident. A new facility

387-423: A railway station built. Williams built a general store. With well-travelled roads and a railway station, Holland Centre was well established as a lumber town. It was named 'Williamsford' after the prominent resident, but with another village bearing the same name only a few miles away, it was changed to 'Holland Centre' because of its location at the centre of Holland Township. The village sits on Highway 10 and

430-460: Is a 148-acre clover-shaped body of water which was named after the Williams family that owned a large portion of the lake. It has a distinctive clover shape and features a public beach with boat launch which is located amongst the approximately 60 homes and cottages built on the shore of the lake. The first cottage built was on an island in 1948. In 1973, a large portion on the southeast side

473-456: Is about 10 kilometres southeast of Chatsworth. Holland Centre features a community centre and a baseball diamond. The diamond is home to the Hawks (youth softball), and men's and ladies' Slow pitch. There is a hardball-like diamond on the other side; however, it rarely gets used and only for the youth tournaments. The Holland Center Hall is just beside the diamond. Keady saw its first settlers in

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516-546: Is considered a local tourist attraction. The waterfall is just one of many in Grey County. In the mid-1850s, John Walter also set up the feed mill which is still in operation as Walters Falls Milling Ltd., still operating on water driven machinery most of the year with a diesel engine. It suffered a fire in 1923 and was rebuilt on the same site. The village had a population of about 200 people in 1887. Surrounded by rolling farmland and bush, Walters Falls also sees

559-465: Is the (former) Second Concession road, between concessions 1 and 2 (forms the front of the second concession of land). There is no "first" concession road. In some townships, the baseline passed through the middle, with concessions numbered on each side. In some townships, such as those in Bruce County , each side of each successive concession road comprised a separate numbered concession. Thus,

602-610: The Bruce Trail running along the Bighead River through the bush behind the Falls Inn. The Community Centre Hall was built over the period of 1883–1889. Gas lights were installed in 1923 and were replaced in 1931 when the hall was wired for electricity at a cost of $ 137.50. The wall behind the stage was painted by local artist Garnet Hazard in 1948 and has become an iconic fixture of the hall. It took almost 15 years for

645-490: The town of Chatsworth itself, the township comprises the communities of Arnott, Berkeley , Desboro , Dornoch, Glascott, Grimston, Harkaway, Hemstock Mill, Holford, Holland Centre, Keady, Keward, Kinghurst, Lily Oak, Lueck Mill, Marmion, Massie, Mooresburg, Mount Pleasant, Peabody, Scone, Strathaven, Walters Falls, Williams Lake, and Williamsford . Arnott's first post office opened on January 4, 1868. Arnott's location has not been shown on road maps since 1976 when Highway 10

688-409: The 1850s. The original general store was built in the late 1860s and operated for almost 100 years before being converted into a residence. Keady is well known in the region for its popular farmers market. Lily Oak is a farming community. The post office was closed in 1914 when rural mail delivery was started. Lily Oak is about 8 kilometres east of Holland Centre. The hamlet of Massie sits in

731-452: The arena up to today's standards are not financially feasible for the township. He said council unanimously approved a motion to shutter the facility Wednesday. "The engineer's report pointed out some deficiencies that needed to be addressed for public safety. And then council with staff had to find some costs and come to some hard decisions and recommendations. The decision was made that it would close, Source: Owen Sound Suntimes As well

774-716: The colonial government through undeveloped Crown land to provide access to rows of newly surveyed lots intended for farming by new settlers. The land that comprised a row of lots that spanned the entire length of a new township was "conceded" by the Crown for this purpose (hence, a "concession of land"). Title to an unoccupied lot was awarded to an applicant in exchange for raising a house, performing roadwork and land clearance, and monetary payment. Concession roads and cross-cutting sidelines or sideroads were laid out in an orthogonal (rectangular or square) grid plan , often aligned so that concession roads ran (approximately) parallel to

817-401: The engine house. In November 1913 a landslide took out half the track. The incline was rebuilt on a steel trestle with new steel cars, though the 1910 passenger shelters were still in use. In 1915 the steam engines were retired and a new electric motor of 180 hp (with a spare) was installed with four drums (so it could handled the working and safety cables better) located in a new building on

860-419: The excavation company. The Glendale Yacht Club sits on private property at the north side of the lake which they moved to in 1984 after using leased property for the prior 30 years. There is a well-equipped club house, boat docks, a beach, and camp sites. Williamsford is a village on the North Saugeen River in Grey County, Ontario , Canada ( Chatsworth Township ). It has a general store, post office ,

903-425: The general store which operated under various proprietors until 1974 when it was phased out of operation. Inside the township of Chatsworth sits the village of Chatsworth, Ontario where Highways 6 and 10 meet and continue together to Owen Sound . Chatsworth was settled in 1842 when a man named Coyer built a tavern. Chatsworth had a weekly newspaper called "Chatsworth News" which ran from 1885 to 1935. It had

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946-706: The headwaters of the Styx River , the Saugeen River , the Sauble River , the Bighead River , the Spey River , and the old Sydenham River . The current township was formed in late year 2000 with the amalgamation of Holland Township, Sullivan Township, and the village of Chatsworth. The first white settlers arrived in this area in the early 19th century, and a significant amount of settlement

989-479: The north shore of Lake Ontario, or to the southern boundary line of a county. Unlike previous American colonial practice, land in Ontario was surveyed first before being allocated to settlers. The provision of road allowances was an advance over earlier survey systems which allocated no roadways. Waterloo township, for example, had no road allowances. In some townships, the " line road" name (e.g., Ninth Line)

1032-862: The numbers of odd-numbered concessions would appear only in property records (e.g., Lot 18, Concession 11, Brant Township , which would be on the north side of Concession Road 10). Many concession roads retain their original names. Less developed areas are often referred to as "back concessions". Side road or sideline numbering varies depending on the township. Some examples: Many side roads are no longer numbered, but have been given names. For example, most of Renfrew County's side roads are given names such as Stokes Road, Patterson Road, Dillabough Road, Cheese Factory Road. The naming process has been underway for many years. In most of Upper Canada this layout of roads preceded urban development, so that most Ontario municipalities now have grid patterns of streets. In cities, many concession roads have become major streets. However,

1075-572: The residents of Walters Falls to convince the hall board that indoor plumbed washrooms were necessary so they finally succumbed and had them constructed in 1975. The residents of Walters Falls celebrated the 100th birthday of the community centre on July 8, 1989. There was a parade, a horseshoe tournament and a baseball game. The evening included a concert. Williams Lake is a popular lake for fishing and boating in Chatsworth Township sitting between Williamsford and Holland Centre. It

1118-590: The road junctions even, but any errors result in jogs at the midpoint of the side road. Example Even-Intersection Jogged-Sideroad in Double Front Township There is considerable variation in concession road nomenclature. Markham, for example, has both "Ninth Line" and "11th Concession Road". [1] In some townships, numbering is sequential, starting from one side. For example, in King Township, concessions start from Yonge. Bathurst

1161-675: The site of the railway is covered by trees, and the Wentworth Stairs connecting from Wentworth Street South and Charlton Avenue East up to Sherman Access and then again up to Upper Wentworth Street and Mountain Park Avenue. Most of these stairs are built on the original trestle foundations (1914). There are 498 steps, and they are informally rated as the most difficult of the Hamilton stairs. Concession road In Upper and Lower Canada , concession roads were laid out by

1204-487: The south side of Mountain Park Ave. Two tunnels carried the cables to the upper platform then over the sheaves. The upgrade allowed trips of 90 seconds. The old steam engines and boilers were sold for scrap (in the middle of The Great War) but the buildings remained. Many proposals were put forth about getting the incline over or under the two steam railway lines at the bottom, but they never came to pass. A double lane road

1247-441: The south side of a road might be Concession 2 and the north side Concession 3. In this system, for the purposes of road signing only even (or, sometimes, odd) numbers were used, so that concession roads were successively numbered, e.g., 2, 4, 6, etc. This simplified the address numbering of farm lots, especially along township boundary roads where opposite sides of the same road were in different townships. Where even numbers were used,

1290-532: The town was served by a grist mill, a woolen mill, a post office, a tavern, a blacksmith, a wagon maker, two carpenters, a millwright and a tinsmith. There is conflicting information on page 149 of 'The Paths that Led to Holland' which states that "John Walter and his Wife Elizabeth Payne, filed entry in the District Registry Office in Durham in 1850 for 800 acres that built mills which included

1333-552: The valley of the Bighead River and had settlers in the area in the 1840s. Charles Winter bought 200 acres in 1854 and the land was apportioned to various people after that. The sawmill was built in 1859 and the grist mill was built in 1863. By 1866 it also had a post office, blacksmith shop, horse shoe nail factory and a school house. There were approximately 100 people living in Massie in 1887. Massie sits on Massie Road between Chatsworth and Walters Falls. The hamlet of Strathaven

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1376-486: The west car went over the top of the drum and the east cable went under the drum, with no break in the cable. There was only one working cable of 1.625 inches but there was a safety cable identical to it which worked the huge safety brake under the upper landing. The standard operation allowed trips of 120 seconds. The cable was replaced every five years. On April 24, 1906 the Engineer's house burned down, with damage to

1419-634: Was applied to the roads that elsewhere were called "concession roads", i.e., roads that ran between two adjacent concessions. By one count, there were five major Ontario survey systems, with 166 variations, resulting in a "crazy quilt" of surveys. In many cases special colonization roads ran diagonally across the grid. Survey lines referenced back from the Great Lakes ran at different angles, forming triangles and other irregular shapes. Some townships had more than one survey. Holland , Nelson and Toronto Township (today Mississauga ) are examples. In

1462-480: Was built by the City of Hamilton which had to duck beneath the track in 1926, but it also removed 80% of the incline's traffic. The railway stopped running in 1936 when the company went bankrupt. The historic structure was vandalized and finally demolished 1949-50. The new electric motor house was sold in 1949 and converted to small apartments. This was demolished in 1983 and a new condo built, called Incline Place. Today,

1505-428: Was built in 1952 and still serves Dornoch. Dornoch is situated between Williamsford and Durham on Highway 6 and is 33 kilometers south of Owen Sound. The Harkaway post office was established on May 1, 1875. It was closed in 1913 after rural mail delivery started in the area. Harkaway is 10 kilometres east of Holland Centre. In the 1870s, local farmers got together under the leadership of Alfred Williams and got

1548-437: Was developing in the 1850s and in 1887 had a population of about 50 people. Strathaven is about 6 kilometres west of Walters Falls. Walters Falls was founded in 1852 when John Walter of Toronto took up 300 acres of wild land on the south branch of the Bighead River. Walter set up a sawmill in 1853 with a new one being erected in 1864. This mill operated inside the village of Walters Falls which built up around it. By 1865

1591-453: Was never followed through. A number of structures were associated with the incline. The Superintendent's home and Ticket Office were at the lower level. The Engineer's home with the Engine house and Boiler house behind were at the upper level, 90 degrees from the line of the track. ti The incline was operated by two horizontal steam engines of 75 horsepower, working a single drum. The cable of

1634-436: Was one of the only rural taverns still operating in the township before it closed in 2011. The town hall was built in 1875 and enlarged to a two-storey building in 1950. Desboro is about 13 kilometres west of Chatsworth and Williamsford. Desboro features a modern hockey arena which was built in 1956 and has since been significantly renovated. The community grounds also contains two baseball diamonds. The village of Dornoch

1677-557: Was preserved as natural land when it was purchased by the North Grey Conservation Authority. A railroad was built to Williams Lake in 1899 in order to dig up the grey muck known as ' marl ' which is prominent at the lake. The marl was excavated for the use of three cement plants in nearby Owen Sound as an ingredient for their product. The process of excavating the marl caused the water supply to dry up and several wells had to be dug on nearby farms by

1720-536: Was rebuilt on the outskirts of the village and started operations in March 1986. The original sawmill was used for storage until the early 2000s when the remaining building was demolished and an inn was built in its place. The area surrounding the inn features a river, a dam, a large waterfall and a forest with outcroppings of the Niagara Escarpment . The area is maintained in a picturesque condition and

1763-429: Was settled by Bartholomew Griffin in 1841 when he encountered a crossroads that appealed to him. The area was originally called "Griffin's Corners" after Griffin started the first general store. In the late 1850s the village was served by a stage coach that was running between Durham and Chatsworth. Around the turn of the century, the name was changed to Dornoch after the village in northern Scotland. The community centre

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1806-472: Was surveyed and rerouted. Arnott had a population of 70 in 1864; it was approximately 50 in 1887. The hamlet was originally called "Murray's Corner" but was renamed "Arnott" after a Francis Arnott who was given a grant to settle the area. The post office in Berkeley was established in 1853 when the settlement was originally called "Holland". It was renamed "Berkeley" in 1857. The post office also housed

1849-487: Was underway in mid-to-late 1800s. The Canadian suffragette and activist Nellie McClung was born in the town of Chatsworth. The Sullivan Township area has a large Amish population. The township is led by a municipal council consisting of a Mayor, a Deputy Mayor and three Council Members. The current Council, elected in 2018, comprises Scott Mackey as Mayor; Brian Gamble as Deputy mayor; and Shawn Greig, Elizabeth Thompson and Diana Rae as Councillors. In addition to

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