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The Eugenia Power House and Dam

Thu, 21 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Power was turned on in November of 1915

Over 100 years ago in 1915, under adverse conditions, the Eugenia Power Station was completed. The project included 1 concrete dam, 6 mud dams, canals, wooden stave pipe, flume line, surge tank, power house and raising the 8th concession. The power was turned on in November of 1915. All this work required a lot of manual labour to achieve. It's amazing when you consider that the construction took place during the First World War.

A book was compiled by Barbara Pearn in 2015, to commemorate the extraordinary achievement of bringing power to this area. The book is over 120 pages with text and many photographs of the construction. It includes information about William Hogg's power station and his attempt to sell power to the city of Toronto. What followed were failed attempts to generate power at Eugenia Falls. The Hydro Electric Commission of Ontario purchased the property and started construction in the spring of 1914.

The book is available for purchase at the Eugenia Gold Rush website.

Here's a short video with a few images from the book.

Hiking the Flesherton Managed Area

Thu, 03 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMT

Don't forget the bug repellant

On July 1st my husband and I decided to hike the Flesherton Management Forest trail at the end of Highland Drive in Flesherton.

It was a relatively hot and humid day. We knew there would be mosquitoes, but we weren't prepared for the onslaught that we would encounter on the trail. We had the lotion style, insect repellent with us, versus spray repellant. We applied it to our arms, legs, neck, etc all exposed skin. It wasn't enough. The mosquitoes were biting us through our clothes on our backs. Needless to say... we walked quickly.

On the trail, I was not expecting the terrain to vary as much as it did on the trail. We walked on well worn paths beside evergreen trees, in long grass and on gravel surfaces. We passed cedar rail fences, small streams, an area that seemed to be a former gravel pit, meadows and forest cover. This trail would be fantastic in the fall, with no bugs to fight off and autumn colours to add to the view.

This trail is about 2 km, perfect for an easy walk. The trails are marked with painted blazes on trees. Long grass in places maked it hard to know if you are on the trail or not. Luckily, others had gone before us and we could see where they had walked.

Researching Family History and Geneology in Grey Highlands

Mon, 23 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMT

Cemeteries in Grey Highlands

For those of you doing genealogy research we've listed some research websites and Cemeteries in Grey Highlands that we've found to date. This page is being updated as we are able. There are active cemeteries and pioneer cemeteries which are no longer used.

Links to Cemetery database websites

Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid
Here you can search through their database by surname, township or cemetery. They are listed by former township locations.

Ontario Genealogical Society

Here you'll find the results for our search for Grey Highlands Cemeteries.

Find a Grave

Here you can search for specific cemeteries in Ontario and around the world. Many contributors add information to this database.

Cemeteries in Grey Highlands

Former Artemesia, Euphrasia and Osprey Townships

Badjeros Union - (former Osprey Township)

Ebenezer United - (former Euphrasia Township)

Feversham Presbyterian - (former Osprey Township)

Flesherton Cemetery - Hwy 10 south of Flesherton

Irwin's Cemetery - Old Methodist Cemetery (former Artemesia Township)

Maxwell Cemetery - Hwy 4 east of Maxwell

Markdale Cemetery - Grey Road 12 east of Markdale

Mt Zion Methodist - (former Euphrasia Township)

New England Methodist - (former Euphrasia Township)

Old Durham Road Pioneer Cemetery - Durham Road Priceville ON (former Artemesia Township) Website

Orange Valley - (former Artemesia Township)

Priceville - McNeils (former Artemesia Township)

Rob Roy - (former Osprey Township)

Salem Cemetery - Side Road 30 south of Concession Road 8 south east of Eugenia (former Artemesia Township)

St James Anglican, Fairmount - (former Euphrasia Township)

Temple Hill - (former Euphrasia Township)

Wareham Pioneer - (former Osprey Township)