Esquesing Township
Esquesing Township был муниципалитетом в историческом округе Халтон в Онтарио , Канада . [ 1 ] Сегодня это географический город в городе Хэлтон -Хиллз в региональном муниципалитете Халтона . [ 2 ]
Территориальное развитие
[ редактировать ]Городок в эскизинге [ А ] был опрошен в 1818 году и открылся для урегулирования в следующем году. Говорят, что его название исходит из слова первых наций, означающих «земля высокой сосны», но с большей вероятностью приходит из Миссиссауга слова Ишквессин , что означает «то, что в конце лежит в конце», », [ 3 ] [ 4 ] которое было оригинальным названием для Бронте -Крик . [ 5 ] Схема сетки линий и сидеров, которые определяют ландшафт поселка по сей день, часто прерывается бурными скалами Ниагарского отхода , глубокой долины реки Кредит или головными веществами шестнадцати миль -ручей . Именно эта естественная красота привлекла Гуронса сначала , а затем Миссиссаугас охотиться, рыбачить и жить в этом районе.
Городок был организован в муниципалитет, и его совет провел свои встречи в Стюарттауне . Основной дорогой к озеру Онтарио была Трафальгарская дорога, поэтому вдоль этого маршрута началось развитие нескольких поселений. Более прямой маршрут в Йорк был создан Йорком на Гуэлф -роуд, теперь шоссе 7 . В эту эпоху эти деревни предоставляли основные услуги для пионеров и путешественников. Именно прибытие железной дороги в 1856 году изменило ландшафт и обеспечил стимул для городского развития Джорджтауна и Актона .
Esquesing Township Council governed the remaining communities:
- Glen Williams, north of Georgetown on the Credit River. Many tourists visit the Williams Mill complex. However, the village was known for its woolen products from 1839 until 1982.[citation needed]
- Stewarttown, location of the township hall, became known by Lawson’s flour and saw mills.
- Norval on Highway 7 adjacent to Peel Region was famous across the Dominion of Canada for their fine flour produced from the mills in the village.
- Limehouse, between Acton and Georgetown, was known for its lime products burned from the limestone on which it was built. The lime kiln and mill ruins attract hikers through the village today.[6]
- Scotch Block, considered the most ethnically homogeneous region in the county,[7] its first settlers "Scottish almost without exception".[8]: 16
Municipal evolution
[edit]The first township meeting was held in 1821 when the population was 424.
Over the years, two parts of the Township were constituted as separate municipalities:
- Acton: incorporated as a village in 1874,[9] and erected into a town in 1950.[10] The Rev. Zenas and Ezra Adams were responsible for the founding of a village, first known as Adamsville before acquiring its present name in 1844. It was the leather industry that defined Acton from its earliest days. The Storey Glove factory was the largest employer for many years, but in the 20th century, the largest employer was the Beardmore Tannery. It became the largest tannery in the British Empire.[b]
- Georgetown: incorporated as a village in 1864, and erected into a town in 1921.[11][12] George Kennedy founded Georgetown with a flour mill and foundry. However, it was the Barber Brothers who put the village on the map. The railway prompted them to build a paper mill, becoming the largest employer. By the turn of the 20th century, Georgetown had three paper mills which earned it the name of "Papertown". About 100 years after Georgetown’s railway growth, came the idea of a model community built by Rex Heslop. The huge Delrex community sprawled south of old Georgetown. Finally, an even larger development began south of the Silver Creek Valley about 1989. That development, carried out by several builders continues to this day.
On January 1, 1974, Halton County was reorganized to become the Regional Municipality of Halton.[13] As a consequence, Esquesing (excepting a southwestern portion annexed to the Town of Milton), Acton and Georgetown were amalgamated to form the new Town of Halton Hills.[14]
Organization of schools
[edit]The Parliament of Upper Canada originally passed legislation in 1816 providing for each district of the Province to have a board of education, and for each common school to be governed by its own school trustees.[15] By 1862, the township had 16 schools lat the following locations:[16]
- In Concession 2, at lots 6 and 22
- In Concession 4, at lots 13 and 32
- In Concession 5, at lots 6 and 28
- In Concession 6, at lot 21
- In Concession 7, at lot 29 and at Hornby
- In Concession 8, at lots 8 and 22, and at Stewarttown
- In Concession 10, at lots 6 and 29
- One at Norval, and one at Georgetown
Esquesing was eventually divided into school sections for each of its common schools (although their dates of establishment are uncertain):[17]
- Ligny
- Quatre Bras
- Ashgrove
- Pinegrove
- Waterloo
- Stewarttown
- Norval
- Dublin
- Gibraltar
- Dufferin
- Glen Williams
- Lorne
- Bannockburn
- Blue Mountain
- Clay Hill
- Mount Pleasant
- Milton Heights
- AE. Hornby
Before 1882, the Lorne school section #12 was united with the Village of Acton in the Acton School Division. That division was dissolved by a bylaw adopted by the Township.[18]
This system of governance would continue unchanged until the 1940s. Talks began in 1944 to amalgamate some of the school sections into a single school area board,[19] and action was taken in 1945 to merge seven sections,[20] and an eighth section came on board before the end of the year.[21] Two more sections were included in 1947,[22] and the remainder joined at dates as late as 1956,[23] 1961[24] and 1962.[25]
The network of one-room schools would be consolidated into several central schools during the 1950s and 1960s:
| Central school (Year when opened) |
Former school sections |
|---|---|
| Glen Williams (1950)[27] |
|
| Limehouse (1962)[29] |
|
| Milton Heights (1955)[28] |
|
| Norval |
|
| Pineview (1963)[30][31] |
|
| Speyside (1960)[32] |
|
| Stewarttown (1958)[34] |
|
In 1967, Stewarttown School became a middle school, providing Grades 7-8 for the Township.[35] Younger children were bused to Speyside.[36]
The single board for the Township only lasted until an Act of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1968 constituted the Halton County Board of Education,[37] which came into being on January 1, 1969.[38][c]
Notes and references
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ area 66,700 acres (270 km2)
- ^ The leather industry still defines Acton, even though the tannery closed in 1986.
- ^ When the County was replaced by the Regional Municipality of Halton, the Board became the Halton Board of Education.[39]
References
[edit]- ^ "Map of the County of Halton, Ontario" (JPG). 1880 Map of Ontario Counties - The Canadian County Atlas Digital Project. McGill University. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
- ^ "Geographical Names of Canada - Esquesing". Government of Canada. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
- ^ Gardiner, Herbert Fairbairn (1899). Nothing But Names: An Inquiry Into the Origin of the Names of the Counties and Townships of Ontario. Toronto: George N. Morang & Co. Ltd. p. 245.
- ^ FREELANG Ojibwe-English and English-Ojibwe online dictionary
- ^ "French Sketch Map, c. 1760". Archived from the original on 2014-04-19. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- ^ Rowe, John Mark Benbow, "Halton Hills, An Outline History" MS 25 Aug. 2004
- ^ Cannon, Geoffrey; Connolly, Eric; Ruggle, Richard (January 1995). "Boston Presbyterian Church" (PDF). Heritage Halton Hills. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-24. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
- ^ McColl, John (1920). Records and Memories of Boston Church in the "Scotch Block", Esquesing Township, County of Halton, Ontario, Canada, 1820-1920. pp. 13–17, 128, 129.
- ^ "Acton Historical Plaque". Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
- ^ "The First Council of the Town of Acton - 1950". The Acton Free Press. 1950-01-12. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
- ^ An Act to incorporate the Town of Georgetown, S.O. 1921, c. 104
- ^ "History of Georgetown". Downtown Georgetown.
- ^ The Regional Municipality of Halton Act, 1973, S.O. 1973, c. 70
- ^ 1973 Act, s. 2(1)(d)
- ^ An act granting to His Majesty a sum of money, to be applied to the use of common schools of this province, and to provide for the regulations of said common schools, S.U.C. 1816, c. 36
- ^ Warnock, Robert (1862). A sketch of the county of Halton, Canada West. Toronto: Leader Steam-Press. pp. 38–39.
- ^ "MG4-Education-Public-Elementary" (PDF). Esquesing Historical Society. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
- ^ "Arbitrators' Award". The Acton Free Press. March 2, 1882. p. 2.
- ^ "Esquesing may adopt township school area plan". Georgetown Herald. Georgetown. April 5, 1944. p. 2.
- ^ "Esquesing Township Council". Georgetown Herald. May 16, 1945. p. 1.
- ^ "Esquesing Council Returned by Acclamation for 1946". Georgetown Herald. January 9, 1946. p. 1.
- ^ "George Cleave Again Esquesing Reeve as Council Acclaimed". Georgetown Herald. December 31, 1947. p. 1.
- ^ "Stone School Votes Join Area Set-up". Georgetown Herald. February 29, 1956. p. 1.
- ^ "Incorporate Pinegrove School Into Esquesing School Area". The Acton Free Press. June 8, 1961. p. 6.
- ^ Bentron, Mrs. A.W. (August 16, 1962). "Reunion Will Recall Early Days at School: Gibraltar Closing After 117 Years". Georgetown Herald. pp. 3, 7.
- ^ Sprowl, Mac (May 26, 2005). "Speyside school ushered in new era for education". The New Tanner. Acton. p. 7.
- ^ "Education Minister Officiates At New Glen School Dedication". The Georgetown Herald. November 1, 1950. p. 1.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Township nominations". The Georgetown Herald. December 7, 1955. p. 20.
- ^ "School Attendance on Increase in Esquesing". The Georgetown Herald. September 6, 1962. p. 4.
- ^ Downs, Roy (June 27, 1963). "Consolidated School Rings Death Knell For Last Four 'Little Red Schoolhouses'". The Canadian Champion. Milton. p. 12.
- ^ "Appoint Mrs. C.A. Grant School Area Secretary". The Georgetown Herald. September 5, 1963. p. 1.
- ^ «169 Зарегистрируйтесь в школе Speyside, чтобы начать срок в новом здании» . Acton Free Press . 8 сентября 1960 г. с. 6
- ^ также называется каменной школой: «Церемонии отмечает прохождение школьной секции 16» . Джорджтаун Геральд . 9 января 1957 г. с. 9
- ^ «Halton MPP разрезает ленту Open Stewarttown School» . Джорджтаун Геральд . 19 ноября 1958 г. с. 1
- ^ «Джорджтаун, школы эскизинга выпугивают с рекордными 6 044 учениками» . Джорджтаун Геральд . 7 сентября 1967 г. с. 1
- ^ «Старшая школа будет служить городку для 7,8 класса» . Джорджтаун Геральд . 7 сентября 1967 г. с. 3
- ^ Закон об средних школах и советах по образованию , RSO 1960, c. 362, часть VI, вставленная Законом о средних школах и Законе о поправках к образованию 1968 года, 1968, c. 122, с. 8
- ^ «Штаб -квартира Оквилла для окружного совета по образованию» . Канадский чемпион . Милтон. 15 января 1969 г. с. 1
- ^ 1973 Акт, с. 139