Egmondville is an unincorporated rural community in
Huron East
Huron East was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1882 to 1917. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created from parts of Huron Centre, Huron North and Huron South ridings. ...
,
Huron County, Ontario
Huron County is a county of the province of Ontario, Canada. It is located on the southeast shore of its namesake, Lake Huron, in the southwest part of the province. The county seat is Goderich, also the county's largest community.
The populat ...
, Canada.
History
The community was founded in 1845 by Constant Van Egmond, the eldest son of
Anthony Van Egmond
Anthony Van Egmond (born Antonij Jacobi Willem Gijben, 10 March 17785 January 1838) was purportedly a Dutch Napoleonic War veteran. He became one of the first settlers and business people in the Huron Tract in present-day southwestern Ontario ...
and named in honour of his father. Van Egmond and son Constant were contracted in the 1830s to widen Huron Road and became the largest landowners in the area. Constant Van Egmond became a local magistrate.
See also
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List of communities in Ontario {{short description, None
There are various lists of communities in Ontario, grouped by status, type or location:
*List of census subdivisions in Ontario - counties, districts and regional municipalities
*List of cities in Ontario - places which a ...
References
Sources
*Lee, Robert C., (2004). The Canada Company and The Huron Tract, 1826–1853. Natural Heritage Books, Toronto On. , pp. 80, 84, 129, 154–155, 257
*Bart-Riedstra, Carolynn, (2002). Stratford. Arcadia Publishing, , p. 18
*Coleman, Thelma, (1978). The Canada Company, County of Perth, Stratford On. , pp. 172–173
Communities in Huron County, Ontario
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