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125th Anniversary Supplement of The Canadian Statesman, October 3, 1979 King St., Bowmanville Before and After Construction consisting of the townships of Hope, Clarke and Darlington as already surveyed along the lake front, "together with 'ail the land northward to the chain of small lakes back of Peterborough". The territory north of this belonged to the Mississauga Indi ps and the boundary Me remained indefinite for a number of years. Portions of Hope and Darlington were sur- veyed by a Mr. Jones as early as 1791-92 at the time the county was constituted. The survey was continued by Messrs. Hambly, Iredale and MeDonnel and by 1797 the three townships along the lake were almost completely laid out. Hope was named after Col. Henry Hope a member of the legisia- ture; Clarke after Maj. Gen. Alured Clarke first Lieut. Gov. of Lower Canada and Darlington after the town in Durham Co. England. Most of the northern part of the county was surveyed in 1816-17 under the direction of Samuel Wilmot and in 1821 Cartwright, Manvers, Cavan, Mariposa, Ops and Emily were named as, new townships. In 1849, however, the last three were made part of the new Victoria County leaving the present six townships comprising the county of Durham. Cartwright was named af ter Hon. Richard Cartwright a member of Simcoe's Legisiative Council. Manvers received its name from Charles Pierrepont, Earl of Manvers, a prominent family of Nottingham- shire, while the Irish settiers had their turn in naming Cavan after County Cavan in the Emerald Isle. FOR QU SERVICE A ,HOP qND AT Serving Bowmanvllle since 1959 - ForLARGE SELECTI0ON OF: For * vDelicatessen Foods Qadtya*Gourmet spices Service a Health foods a Cheeses a*Fresh meat and * roceries *::u::nd cheese - platters for parties IN Fresh Fruit and Gourmet Food Baskets Made-to-Order DûYKSTRA'S DELICATESSEN AND F000 MARKET 1 ITO. 73-77 KING ST. W. BOWMANVILLE, ONT. PHONE@- 023-3541 j FREE PARKING OFF QUEEN ST. W. Corvett HMCS Bowmanville Commissioned When H.M.C.S. Bow- manville was named in honor.t, of the town in 1945, the Council set up a committee under the chairman'ship 0of Councillor E. J. Gibbs, and citizens rallied to raise funds for comforts of officers and crew. Through a street dance and a carnival, approxi- mately $3000 was secur- ed. H o wT o wishi s Namred inCounty June 4, 1953 ing information how the How the Townships in Township of Durham Durham . County County received their Received Names names. Here's the story Again we are indebted, as it appears on the to president O.J. Club's program for Henderson of the March 26: Durham County Club of The original county of Toronto for delving into Durham was defined by the archives and bring- Lieut. Gov. Simcoe 's ing to light the interest- proclamation of 1798 as Few thingsin life work as WeiI as a Orders now accepted for 1980 models. Re, bbI'tsElt. __ ASC Volkswagen +Audi a 1425 Dundas St. E. 668-9383 Whitby w I i Y great automobiles.. A U DI The 1980 Tlhe complete car ILITY