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• "Cyclone" Taylor 1885-1979
  An outstanding hockey player, Frederick W. Taylor was born in Tara and began his amateur career with the Listowel juniors about 1901. His exceptional skating ability and irrepressible energy drew widespread attention to "whirlwind" (later "cyclone") Taylor and in 1905, in Michigan, he entered the International League, hockey's professional organization. Having joined the Canadian Civil Service in 1907, he continued to play with Ottawa and Renfrew teams, and soon confirmed his reputation as a brilliant...

• David Brown Milne 1882-1953
  One of Canada's outstanding artists, Milne was born on a farm near Burgoyne, Saugeen Township, and raised in Paisley. Though largely self-taught, he studied briefly in New York at the Art Student's League and, in 1913, exhibited some of his paintings at the Armory Show, which introduced contemporary European art to North America. Milne served as an official Canadian war artist during the First World War. Working mainly in watercolours, he developed a highly personal...

• Founding of Chesley, The
  A small settlement, "Sconeville," developed here following the erection of mills on the Saugeen River by Adam Elliot in 1858-59. A post-office, named after Solomon Chesley, a former Indian Department official, was established in 1865 and, three years later, village lots were laid out by Elliot's son John. The hamlet quickly matured into a thriving community. In 1879, with over 900 inhabitants, it was incorporated as a village and council meetings commenced in 1880. A...

• Founding of Paisley, The
  In 1852, shortly after this region was opened for settlement, the government reserved land for a town here on the Elora and Saugeen Road, at the confluence of the Teeswater and Saugeen rivers. Already settled on the site were Simon Orchard and Samuel Rowe and, later that year, John Valentine built a sawmill here. The town plot, named Paisley, was surveyed in 1855 and, within two years, a community of about 150 had developed. By...

• Founding of Tara, The
  Soon after the survey of Arran Township was completed in 1851, John Hamilton and Richard Berford, early settlers in the area, located here along the Sauble River. The opening of the Owen Sound Post road stimulated the growth of a small community and, in 1858, Berford registered a village plan. Situated in a rich agricultural region with abundant water power, the settlement developed quickly. By 1861, it contained saw and grist mills, a foundry producing...

• Isabella Valancy Crawford
  Born in Dublin, Ireland, about 1846, this notable Canadian poet immigrated with her family to Canada, 1857-58, settling at Paisley. Her father practiced medicine here for some years and after his death in Peterborough, in 1875, Isabella moved to Toronto where she attempted to support her sister and mother by writing. A fine knowledge of classical literature, an intense idealism and a gift for startling imagery pervade her poetry. Like many post-Confederation poets, she was...

• Sir William H. Hearst 1864-1941
  Born in Arran Township, Hearst was educated at the Collingwood Collegiate and Osgoode Hall. He practised law at Sault Ste. Marie and was first elected to the provincial legislature as Conservative member for that community in l908. He was appointed minister of lands, forests and mines in 1911 during the administration of Sir James Whitney, and following the latter's death in September, 1914, became Ontario's seventh prime minister. Hearst retained that post throughout the first...