Paisley is an

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and

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in the municipality of

Arran–Elderslie The Municipality of Arran–Elderslie is a township (Canada), township in Bruce County in Western Ontario, Canada. The township is located at the headwaters of the Sauble River (Ontario), Sauble River, and the Saugeen River forms the northwestern ...

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in Southwestern

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. Paisley is defined by its position at the confluence of the

Saugeen River The Saugeen River is located in southern Ontario, Canada. The river begins in the Osprey Wetland Conservation Lands and flows generally north-west about before exiting into Lake Huron. The river is navigable for some distance, and was once an im ...

and the Teeswater River, and at the junction of Bruce Roads 1, 11, and 3.

History

Paisley began with the settlement in 1851 of Simon Orchard and Samuel T. Rowe at the site of what would become the village of Paisley, later that year John Valentine, built a sawmill here. The village was named in 1856 after

Paisley, Renfrewshire Paisley ( ; ; ) is a large town situated in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. Located north of the Gleniffer Braes, the town borders the city of Glasgow to the east, and straddles the banks of the White Cart Water, a tributary of the River ...

in Scotland.

Notable persons

Alexander James McPhail Alexander James McPhail (December 23, 1883 – October 21, 1931) was a Scottish-Canadian agricultural reformer, and the first elected president of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool. The Canadian government designated him a Person of National Histor ...

, an agricultural reformer, was born in Paisley in 1883. * Marshall Kay, a paleontologist prominently involved with the study of

continental drift Continental drift is a highly supported scientific theory, originating in the early 20th century, that Earth's continents move or drift relative to each other over geologic time. The theory of continental drift has since been validated and inc ...

, was born in Paisley in 1904. *

Isabella Valancy Crawford Isabella Valancy Crawford (25 December 1846 – 12 February 1887) was an Irish-born Canadian writer and poet. She was one of the first Canadians to make a living as a freelance writer. "Crawford is increasingly being viewed as Canada's first m ...

, a prolific Canadian author, lived in Paisley between 1857 and 1861.

Climate

References

External links

Municipality of Arran-Eldersliewww.visitpaisley.ca
*www.paisleyvillage.ca
Paisley Business Directory
* Former villages in Ontario Communities in Bruce County {{Ontario-geo-stub