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The Founding of Stouffville


Location
The Region of York - Whitchurch-Stouffville
On the north side of Main Street (York Road 14) just east of Freel Lane, 5 blocks east of 9th Line (York Road 69)


Photographer
Alan L Brown

More Information
Posted
April 27, 2004

Summary from the Ontario Heritage Foundation's website
A sawmill and grist-mill built by Abraham Stouffer on the banks of Duffin's Creek in the 1820s marked the beginning of the community of Stouffville. The village grew steadily and by the 1860s contained many prosperous industries.

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