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Seaforth, Ontario, Canada

"Anticipating the construction of the Buffalo, Brantford and Goderich Railroad through this region during 1850-1853 Christopher and George Sparling acquired most of the present site of Seaforth. George laid out a subdivision in 1856 and Christopher sold most of his land in Tuckersmith Township to a syndicate, headed by James Patton of Barrie Ontario. Patton is said to have procured a railway station and named it Seaforth. Situated on the Huron Road (Hwy 8) and the railway, the town was a shipping point for wheat."

It wasn't long after that that Seaforth had a post office, several hotels, a doctor, a blacksmith, a wagon-maker and several firms engaged in the building trades and the buying and selling of grain. Seaforth was a noted grain-buying centre. At one time, firms were handling a million dollars worth of wheat each year, more than any point in Ontario, Toronto being no exception. The town was incorporated in 1875.

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  • 1869 - Seaforth
    "Seaforth.— An incorporated Village, and Station of the Buffalo and Lake Huron Railroad, in the Townships of Tuckersmith and McKillop, County Huron, 22 miles from Goderich, the County Town, 16 from Bay field, and 27 from Wroxeter. A large trade in lumber and grain is done here, and the village is...Read MORE...


  • 1873
    SEAFORTH, an incorporated village of Ontario, co. of Huron, on the Buffalo branch of the G. T. R., 21 miles from Goderich. It contains a branch bank, 2 telegraph offices, a newspaper office, mechanics' institute, an iron foundry, woolen mills, several hotels and churches, and a number of stores....Read MORE...


  • 1876 - Fire
    In September of 1876, at two o'clock in the morning, a fire broke out in Mrs. Griffith's candy and grocery store raging through Main Street, destroying 12 acres of the business section. However, the town rebounded quickly and Main Street was rebuilt with bricks and mortar, known as 'Commercial...Read MORE...


  • 1880 - Church of St. James established at Seaforth

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    Church of St. James
    22 Victoria St., Seaforth, ONTARIO
    Established 1880
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  • 1895 - Seaforth
    Seaforth, see'forth, a village of Ontario, co. of Huron, on the Grand Trunk Railway, 21 miles S.E. of Goderich. It has a branch bank, a newspaper office, mechanics' institute, foundry, woollen-mills, several hotels and churches, salt-wells, and extensive exports of grain, P.(1891) 2641.
    Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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  • Seaforth, Ontario, Canada
    Main Street
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  • 1906
    Seaforth, a banking post-town and outport of Huron co., Ontario, on the Grand Trunk R., 21 miles SE. of Goderich. It has numerous mills and manufactories. Salt has been extensively produced from salt-wells. Pop. in 1901, 2247.
    Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906

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22 Victoria St., Seaforth, ONTARIO
Established 1880
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  • 1869 - Seaforth
    "Seaforth.— An incorporated Village, and Station of the Buffalo and Lake Huron Railroad, in the Townships of Tuckersmith and McKillop, County Huron, 22 miles from Goderich, the County Town, 16 from Bay field, and 27 from Wroxeter. A large trade in lumber and grain is done here, and the village is... Read MORE...

  • 1873
    SEAFORTH, an incorporated village of Ontario, co. of Huron, on the Buffalo branch of the G. T. R., 21 miles from Goderich. It contains a branch bank, 2 telegraph offices, a newspaper office, mechanics' institute, an iron foundry, woolen mills, several hotels and churches, and a number of stores.... Read MORE...

  • 1876 - Fire
    In September of 1876, at two o'clock in the morning, a fire broke out in Mrs. Griffith's candy and grocery store raging through Main Street, destroying 12 acres of the business section. However, the town rebounded quickly and Main Street was rebuilt with bricks and mortar, known as 'Commercial... Read MORE...

  • 1880 - Church of St. James established at Seaforth

    www.gcatholic.org
  • 1895 - Seaforth
    Seaforth, see'forth, a village of Ontario, co. of Huron, on the Grand Trunk Railway, 21 miles S.E. of Goderich. It has a branch bank, a newspaper office, mechanics' institute, foundry, woollen-mills, several hotels and churches, salt-wells, and extensive exports of grain, P.(1891) 2641.
    Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
  • 1906
    Seaforth, a banking post-town and outport of Huron co., Ontario, on the Grand Trunk R., 21 miles SE. of Goderich. It has numerous mills and manufactories. Salt has been extensively produced from salt-wells. Pop. in 1901, 2247.
    Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906

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