CANNIFTON ROAD Belleville's 19th century authoress of note, Susanna HISTORICAL HASTINGS Moodie (who wrote "Roughing It In the Bush", "Life The County of Hastings is one of the original counties of in the Clearings" and other books on this part of Belleville Franchised Dealers Licensed Hotels in Belleville Ontario. It dates back to the creation of Upper Canada (On- Canada in the 1830's and 40's), provides an interest- tario) when Governor Simcoe divided the province into ing description of the land between Belleville and the The following hotels offer the ty^e of service nineteen counties for purposes of representation in the legis- In Automobiles which one expects away from hor.:;\ lature. Originally, Hastings County extended from the Bay Village of Cannifton: of Quinte to the Ottawa River. The first white settlers were "In 1840, a wooded swamp extended almost Total number of rooms is 260. the Unite'd Empire Loyalists who arrived after 1783. The whole way from Belleville to CannifFs Mills, a dis- J. B. BOYCE and SONS LTD. main group of Loyalists to settle at the site of what is now tance of three miles. The road was abominable, and the county seat, Belleville, arrived in 1789. only a few log shanties, or very small frame houses, PLYMOUTH - CHRYSLER - FARGO TRUCKS occurred at intervals along the road side. Now (1852) Established Over 30 years CANADIAN HOTEL TRENT RIVER Canniff's Mills is as large as Belleville was in 1840 350 Front Street WOodland 8-5545 37 DUNDAS STREET EAST An important Indian waterway, the Trent was first and boasts of a population of upwards of 1000 in- WO 8-G333 travelled by a white man in 1615 when the French habitants. A fine plank road connects it with the Belleville - Ontario explorer, Samuel de Champlain, passed down it with latter place (Belleville) and the whole distance is CITY HOTEL a party of Huron braves on their way to attack the one continuous street. Many of the homes by the 310 FRONT STREET wayside are pretty ornamental cottages, composed of Iroquois south of Lake Ontario. C. R. CLAPP and SON WO 8-5650 The Trent River has been of considerable importance brick or stone. An immense traffic in flour and lum- for both power and transportation. Its waters once ber is carried on at this place, and the plank road RAMBLER - AUSTIN CRYSTAL HOTEL has proved a very lucrative speculation to the share- provided motive power for many local mills, and Sales and Service 317 FRONT STREET holders." today there are two hydro electric power generating 133 Front Street WOodland 8-6137 WO 8-5015 stations between Frankford and Trenton. Since CANNIFTON Champlain first passed down the Trent in 1615 it Belleville Ontario DOCTER'S HOTEL has been transformed into a system of canals by This village was first settled by the family of John Canniff, from whom the village derived its name 237 STATION STREET which small ships may ride from the Bay of Quinte WO 2-3443 to Georgian Bay. Begun in 1833, the Trent Canal In 1812, Canniff erected a flourishing mill here. A century ago, this was a thriving community (as Su- ELLIOTT MOTORS sanna Moodie suggested above) with flour, saw, paper, HOTEL BELVEDERE PONTIAC - BUICK STIRLING and woollen mills, tanneries and other manufacturing 360 FRONT STREET WO 8-5774 The main rush of early settlement to this site was establishments. Body and Fender Work from the British Isles in the 1820's and 1830's, al- 24 Dundas St. West WOodland 2-4585 HOTEL QUINTE though a mill had been erected here on Rawdon CORBYVILLE Creek as early as 1807. By 1846, the village con- Belleville - Ontario 56 BRIDGE STREET EAST tained 125 inhabitants, one grist and sawmill, two In the 1840's, this settlement was known as Hay- WO 2-4531 stores, and four taverns. The manufacturing of tim- den's Corners, after Dr. Hayden who had a surgery ber was an important early activity here, as elsewhere and hotel here. In 1859, the late Henry Corby of NEW QUEEN'S HOTEL throughout the Quinte district. Other early industries Belleville established a grist mill and distillery at TRUCK AND FARM SUPPLY LIMITED 158 FRONT STREET included a foundry, woollen mills, tanneries, brick this site, subsequently renamed after Mr. Corby. INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS WO 8-5551 yards, cooperages, and carriage shops. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER FARM MACHINERY Sales and Service For Cooking 128 Church Street WOodland 8-5537 This folder is designed and produced by ANYWHERE IN Lighting Belleville - Ontario THE BELLEVILLE Refrigeration THE HIGHLANDS OF HASTINGS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

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