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'Sun ly honored by visits from wo earlier ones. His Royal him. . Bands from Bow- pplied the music. - In Arthur visited Canada, and rge pavillion was erected on , and from the car to this tasteful tarpet ornament- rk of the ladies of Whitby. ening the first sad "A handsome silver patrow. (specially made. for the 3 . "the Prince with eremony;" amid ds of spectators. ests were enter- tiful residence *Trafal- he Ontario: Ladies' oyal family have since claiming to be United] 1g the first white set- ip, We will each, was surveyed he séttling. of the first WS, ; ghteen hundred and 'I were killed, of Peculiar Mctre, & Crandell, 'came from From Wylie's (an Indian ays to reach Manchess sige forest, there being use on the site Fas in this log house that a the second white child side t of Port Perry gether in 1824¢ ire in reality the thers formed gn ads being of 'a all Kinds hac "J Sh dh as tal ru lan been a. discussion. a J ilmot, .one of the' earliest surveyors, refers in his field notes of "chaining to the lake." The dam has enlarged the lake by low Water." : ; EG "0-0 In 1831 the * Scotch Settlement' was formed: The Christies About the same time the Marks, Moons and Orsers settled a few miles north of P Albert. The settlers were very much troubled with wild off attacks. would add some excitement to their quiet lives: Utica, known in earlier days as "*McKercher's Corners," was in 1835. "A little old Presbyterian church which stands west has a bit of interesting history. John Christie, father Whitby town, from Epsom. He wrote to the Marquis oF Breadald in Scotland, of the dearth of churches in Canada. The Marquis se of material, etc , the church was erected in 1848. Service is still held in the samerbuilding, which in recent years has been' brick ¢lad and ks Marchiester, at one time called Fitchett's Comerspwas. a thriy- ing 'place, beingua "gréat' grain centre, The town' hall was bililt in er by Judge Burnham; the father of Postmdster Burnham. iy i Greenbank received its name in 1855. Previous to this it went In 1858 a two storey red brick schoolliouse was built nearithe resent Port Perry High School: It had accommodation for 244 3 Prince Albert received its name in' 1840, and. deserves more than a passing mention. At one time it was a very busy place. There three doctors, the Observer . Printing Office. 'The North Ontario Observer published in 1857, was the first newspaper {printed in"'the and tin shops, three churches, a town hall, & brass band and a town + There weré a goodly number of inhabitants. It was: a noted first store in the township was opened in" Prince Albert" by Captain George Leacli in 1836. It was also here that the first postoffice was Borelia, iow part of Port Perry, was once a stirring place. Be- sides being a grain market, it boasted of general stoces: hotels and a ground fow is, ! Thedirst will of any kind in the township was built. by Mr Hurd clone in 1846, A great deal of damage was done and, some. peop it is mentioned as a storm of great fury. gog was made entigely of plank. It was 'splendid for driving over, being smooth as a floor. , bullding was used for a library which consisted of 150 volumes. The: building was used for public purposes' and. sometimes religious Bers their, place of meeting. Scugog 'Township was surveyed by Major Wilmot in 1816-17. Island was formed. It contains 11,016 acres, - There isan Indian Reserve which covers about 800 acres, and there still remain afew «Port Perry. The foundation of this Village was a small log house that stood clase to the Lake. (At one time it was the site. of . Ia plot as Williagis wds the first settler and he e first general store was opened 'by Chester always existing: The fact was causing the water to flood a large area of land,' Scugog signifies and others settling west of Manchester. Prince 4 tacking their stock; and even the settlers themselves having to 80 called after the first settler by that name who built th oF thet ot tie, Ex: M.P ; was accustomed to walk to Kirk to Stas ot a subscription of twenty pounds sterling. This with other contributions thoroughly renovated. 4850, Two years later thie. first Court was held. in it; and presided by the name of Smith's Corners. pupils. were three general stores, three hotels two drug store, 2 lgiibr stores, ownship, * There were also carriage shops, blacksmiths, hardware grain market, some 34000 bushels of grain being sold in one day = The opened, akery.* A Roman Catholic Church orice stood where the burying a little west of Borelia, in 1840. This mill. was destroyed by 3 ey e The first travelled road between Lake Ontario and: Lake Scus : The Mechanic's Institute was built in" 1858 © A'voom in: this vices were held in it. "In later years the Baptists purchased it-for It was not until the 'building of the dam at Lindsay in 1830-that the Indians of the Missisaga tribe. The first white settler was one Graxton an Judian encampment. . It'received its name from Peter: Petry who "the first steam mill was built; aad in