Esquesing Township was a municipality within the historic Halton County in Ontario, Canada. It is today a geographic township in the town of Halton Hills...
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Halton County, Ontario (section Historic townships)
the Nassau District, which was renamed the Home District in 1792. Esquesing Township (area 66,700 acres (104 sq mi; 270 km2)). Opened in 1819, the first...
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Canadian lawyer, businessman and cabinet minister. He was born in Esquesing Township (today part of Halton Hills, Ontario), the third child of Northern...
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purchased land that later became the townships of Esquesing and Nassagaweya. The task of laying out the townships fell to Timothy Street and Abraham Nelles...
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mills, tanneries, glove makers and carriage works. Originally part of Esquesing Township, Acton's principal trade was in grain, lumber, cordwood, leather and...
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the 1820s. Esquesing Township, of which the greatest part went to form Halton Hills, was favourably described in 1846: This is a fine township, containing...
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square kilometres (10 sq mi) of agricultural land in southwestern Esquesing Township. Sixteen Mile Creek flows through the settlement, and the present-day...
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Peninsula in Louth Township. Joseph Hilts' sons later received land grants, with William Hilts receiving one in Esquesing Township, and Edward Thompson...
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settlement was part of The Scotch Block, a large agricultural area in Esquesing Township occupied primarily by Scottish immigrants. A cemetery is located west...
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un-ne-mo-sah (possibly meaning "black dog", "dead dog", or simply "dog"). Esquesing Township: Mississauga Anishinaabe word ishkwessin, meaning "that which lies...
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"Toronto Suburban Railway, Guelph Radial Line - Crossing 4th Line Esquesing Township (Town of Halton Hills, ON)". Retrieved 8 November 2012., located at...
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Mississauga, Flamborough, Oakville, Trafalgar Township, Burlington, Nelson Township, Milton, and Esquesing Township (now Halton Hills.) To protect and enhance...
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un-ne-mo-sah (possibly meaning "black dog", "dead dog", or simply "dog"). Esquesing Township: Mississauga Anishinaabe word ishkwessin, meaning "that which lies...
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in the governments of Bill Davis and Frank Miller. He was born in Esquesing Township, Ontario. He was the son of Wilfred Oliver Snow and Margaret Florence...
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His family immigrated to Upper Canada in 1832 and settled in the Esquesing Township of Halton County, Ontario. In 1853, he married Mary MacEachern, a...
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extended for two miles across first, second, and third concessions of Esquesing Township. July 25 - an F0 tornado struck Millgrove, Ontario, carrying a barn...
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1912) was an Ontario physician and political figure. He was born in Esquesing Township, Halton County, Canada West in 1841, the son of Alexander Robertson...
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of the Conservative Party. McLean was born in the Scotch Block of Esquesing Township, Halton County, Ontario, the son of Mr. G. McLean, and was educated...
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of the Towns of Milton and Oakville and the Township of Esquesing in the County of Halton, and the Township of Erin in the County of Wellington. In 1976...
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southern part of Esquesing Township) and Halton West (consisting of Acton, Burlington, Nassagaweya Township and the northern part of Esquesing). The Representation...
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cir.1919 - The inscription on the inside back cover: "Presented by Esquesing Township and Citizens of Glen Williams to Private Wilson Heaton - 92 - Battalion...
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Township Uxbridge Township Town of Whitby Historical Townships Halton County Esquesing Nassagaweya Nelson Trafalgar Current Municipalities City of Burlington...
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of the said county shall consist of the following Townships, namely, Trafalgar, Nelson, Esquesing, Nassagawega, East Flamborough, West Flamborough, Erin...
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animals. In the fall of 1824, a grant of 200 acres (81 ha) in the township of Esquesing was made by the Crown to John Butler Muirhead. The land was eventually...
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added parts of the former township of Esquesing (most of this township comprises Halton Hills), all of Nassagaweya Township including the village of Campbellville...
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Steeles between Industrial Drive and Ontario Street and Thompson Road and Esquesing Line while route 1C operates on the section of Steeles between Martin...
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served the communities of Acton and Rockwood, and the surrounding townships of Esquesing, Nassagaweya, Eramosa and Erin. After having published weekly newspapers...
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development of the Esquesing and Nassagaweya townships. Timothy Street and Abraham Nelles were contracted to lay out the townships. Charles Kennedy was...
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Virginia and Kentucky until 1820, when the family moved to Trafalgar, Esquesing and Vaughan. At 24, he began working on the Rideau Canal System. On March...
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(March 2, 1879 – January 1, 1953) was born and raised in the former Township of Esquesing, which is now the Town of Milton. After graduating from the Ontario...
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