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One of Prince Edward County's earliest residents, Daniel Reynolds, first came to the area in the 18th century and settled in Wellington where his house remains today along Main Street. Reynolds was nicknamed Old Smoke by local First Nations, hence the community was first known as Smokeville. When a post office was established in the 1830s, the village was renamed Wellington after the Duke of Wellington.
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Church of St. Frances of Rome
65 Belleville St., Wellington, ONTARIO
built in 1830
Source: Google maps
Photograph- 1873
WELLINGTON, an incorporated village in Prince Edward co., Out., situated on West Lake, art inlet of Lake Ontario, 24 miles from Brighton. It is an...Read MORE... - 1895 - Wellington
Wellington, a village in Prince Edward co., Ontario, situated on West Lake, an inlet of Lake Ontario, 24 miles E.S.E. of Brighton. It is an important ...Read MORE... - 1906
Wellington, a banking post-village and outport of Prince Edward co., Ontario, situated on West Lake, an inlet of Lake Ontario, 24 miles ESE. of...Read MORE... 
Wellman Lake
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Wellington, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada
Church of St. Frances of Rome
65 Belleville St., Wellington, ONTARIO
built in 1830
Source: Google maps
Photograph
Wellington, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada
Wellman Lake
Postcard
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1873
WELLINGTON, an incorporated village in Prince Edward co., Out., situated on West Lake, art inlet of Lake Ontario, 24 miles from Brighton. It is an... Read MORE...
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1895 - Wellington
Wellington, a village in Prince Edward co., Ontario, situated on West Lake, an inlet of Lake Ontario, 24 miles E.S.E. of Brighton. It is an important ... Read MORE...
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1906
Wellington, a banking post-village and outport of Prince Edward co., Ontario, situated on West Lake, an inlet of Lake Ontario, 24 miles ESE. of... Read MORE...
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