Meaford

Meaford is a municipality of Grey County, Ontario, Canada. Meaford is placed concerning Nottawasaga Bay, a sub-basin over Georgian Bay yet Owen Sound Bay, among wicked Ontario. The municipality's print or formula replicate its heritage as a vicinity over apple orchards, however into the 21st century the vicinity has incompletely switched according to weekend homes, seasonal homes, yet lakeside tourism.

The Canadian Army keeps a education facility, 4th Canadian Division Training Centre Meaford 4 CDTC, 5 kilometres 3.1 mi northwest about the city concerning Meaford. In 1837, then this vicinity used to be section about the St. Vincent Township, locals requested the governance because of a portion regarding bank at the trencherman over the Bighead River. The advance settler used to be from Ireland, earlier than the townsite was once laid oversea through Charles Rankin into 1845 and referred to as Meaford.

By then, a sawmil beach gristmill were in the meanwhile operating nearby; the submit office even was known as St. Vincent. Meaford saw younger boom till 1850 but since began booming. Meaford boasted ternary planing mills, ternary bearing factories, couple tanneries, a sawmill, a shingle mill, a woollen mill, pair foundries, pair powder mills, a time ordinary stores, and a wide range concerning vile shops then tradesmen. The neighborhood additionally had people hotels.