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• Dufferin County Court House
  Construction of this imposing brick court house was begun in the spring of 1880. Designed by C.J. Soule, a Guelph architect, it was built by the contracting firm of Dobbie and Grierson. Although the first provisional county council meeting was held here on November 24, 1880, the two-storey rectangular building constructed to house the judicial and administrative office of the newly created county of Dufferin was not completed until early 1881. Its impressive exterior is...

• Founding of Shelburne, The
  Settlement of Melancthon Township began in the late 1840s and coincided with the construction of the Toronto-Sydenham Road. By the 1860s, settlers had moved into the Shelburne area and, in 1865, William Jelly, one of the community's earliest inhabitants, established the British Canadian Hotel, commonly known as Jelly's Tavern. Within a year, the settlement included a post office named Shelburne, reportedly after the Earl of Shelburne. In 1872, Jelly and his brother John ordered the...

• Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway
  This pioneer railway received its charter in 1868, and the first sod was turned at Weston on October 5, 1869, by Prince Arthur, third son of Queen Victoria. The main line from Toronto to Owen Sound via Orangeville was completed in 1873 under the direction of chief engineer Edward Wragge, and a branch line to Teeswater was added the following year. The first train went into operation on the southern section in April, 1871. The...