Monkton is a village in

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, located at the intersection of County Roads 55 and 23. The community is west of Milverton and southwest of

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. It is part of the

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. The village is home to the

Monkton Wildcats The Monkton Wildcats were a senior hockey team based in Monkton, Ontario, Canada. They played in the Western Ontario Athletic Association Senior Hockey League, and closed prior to the 2014-15 hockey season. Championships The Monkton Wildcats w ...

, a Senior Hockey Club of the

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. The village is situated partly in Logan but largely in Elma.

History

Monkton originated with the construction of the Logan gravel road. In 1857 Mr. T. M. Daly, a contractor on the highway, erected the first building in the new settlement, a blacksmith shop located on 47 Maddison st east. Once the gravel road was completed, a stage route was opened from Mitchell to Newry to carry passengers and provide a mail service between the two communities. Two hotels were built to accommodate travelers, one in Logan, the other in Elma, and a third hotel was built in 1883. In the same period, Mr. Winstanley obtained a grant of 1,000 acres to aid in the establishment of a sawmill. About 1878 William Machan purchased Edward Winstanley's sawmill in Monkton. Mr. Machan had previously operated a sawmill at Carmunnock. He operated "West Monckton Mills" which was advertised as a "manufacturer and dealer in all kinds of lumber, lath, shingles, and cedar posts." Schade Street was named for the Schade family who owned the farm on which the street was built.An echo of Monkton's Past. James L. McCallum May 1982 James McKenzie opened a post office. Early settler families included the Machan, Schade, Dobbs, Stewarts, Holmans, Golightlys, Larkins, McKenzies, Merryfields and Reices. A school was built after the number of families in the village grew. In 1870, a second school was erected and replaced in 1888 by a new building, which served as the local school for many years. At an early period, Monkton had a match factory, two saw mills,

planing mill A planing mill is a facility that takes cut and seasoned boards from a sawmill and turns them into finished dimensional lumber. Machines used in the mill include the planer and matcher, the molding machines, and varieties of saws. In the planing mil ...

, shingle mill, tannery and several business houses.

Religion

In the mid-nineteenth century, pioneer ministers established a Christian church in the village. The local mercantile store, which was operated by Mr. Dunsmore, served as the first church building. Today there are three churches in Monkton, all within mainline, Protestant denominations: Redeemer Lutheran, Knox Presbyterian and Monkton United Church of Canada.

Today

Monkton continues to be a thriving village that includes a postal service, community library, recreation centre, several churches and a number of other business establishments. Monkton is home of the

, a club within the Senior AA Hockey League which is part of

. Also, Monkton is home to the paralympic hockey player

Corbyn Smith Corbyn Smith (born 5 August 1998) is a Canadian ice sledge hockey player. Career Smith represented Canada at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in para ice hockey and won a silver medal. Personal life As a child he had a neuroblastoma Neuroblastoma ...

. He is known for earning a silver medal in para ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.

References

Communities in Perth County, Ontario {{WesternOntario-geo-stub