Lloydtown is a hamlet located in King Township,

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, Canada. It is often associated with the surrounding and larger Schomberg, though it has its own unique characteristics and heritage.

History

The Lloydtown Rebellion of 1837 was part of the

Upper Canada Rebellion The Upper Canada Rebellion was an insurrection against the oligarchic government of the British colony of Upper Canada (present-day Ontario) in December 1837. While public grievances had existed for years, it was the rebellion in Lower Canada (p ...

. During the 1830s, Lloydtown was well known as a site for reform sympathisers, and regular meetings were hosted by

Jesse Lloyd Jesse Lloyd (11 January 1786 – 27 September 1838) was the founder of Lloydtown, Ontario and a leader in the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837. Born in Springfield Township, Pennsylvania, he was the third son of Quakers William Lloyd and Su ...

. On November 24, 1837, a final meeting to review plans was held between Lloyd and

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. Hoping to take advantage of the departure of troops to

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in response to the

Lower Canada Rebellion The Lower Canada Rebellion (french: rébellion du Bas-Canada), commonly referred to as the Patriots' War () in French, is the name given to the armed conflict in 1837–38 between rebels and the colonial government of Lower Canada (now southe ...

, Mackenzie had planned to seize a government arms cache in York on December 7.

Climate

Lloydtown has a

continental climate Continental climates often have a significant annual variation in temperature (warm summers and cold winters). They tend to occur in the middle latitudes (40 to 55 north), within large landmasses where prevailing winds blow overland bringing som ...

moderated by the

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and influenced by warm, moist

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es from the south, and cold, dry air from the north. The Oak Ridges Moraine affects levels of precipitation: as an air mass arrives from

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and reaches the elevated ground surface of the moraine, it rises causing precipitation.

Notable people

* Alfred M. Cook, American politician and farmer, was born in Lloydtown.'Wisconsin Blue Book 1901,' Biographical Sketch of Alfred M. Cook, pg. 754

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* Communities in King, Ontario {{GoldenHorseshoe-geo-stub