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Ridge Road3 Ridge Road Cramahe Township, Northumberland County, Ontario. In the old local newspapers, The Colborne Express and the Colborne Chronicle, you will spot community news from Ridge Road. Check your local maps, no Ridge Road, where was the area? (Check the circle). Many rural communities sprang up because of a public school or a church. The people in the Ridge Road area were farmers working their farms to provide for their families. Crops of fruits and vegetables went to the local canning factories, milk and cream went to the local dairies and cheese factories. The farmers were industrious: they cleared and tilled their land, in the beginning with horses; there was a lot of hard labour to produce the crops and keep their animals healthy. Another factor that was prevalent in the community was that many of the families were related or knew each other from their school days as their parents did. They cared for their community, working together with building bees, trashing harvests, and grieving together at the loss of a community member. Ridge Road. Items copies from the Colborne Chronicle 8 January 1959. - Mrs. Smeal of Guelph and Mrs. Kikby of Port Credit spent Tuesday with their parents Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Rose. - Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Everly were New Year's guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Samis. - Mr. Charles Haynes has gone to make his home with his son Carl. - Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mackenzie spent the the weekend with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Jackson.