Welcome to the Huron East
Virtual History Tour and Museum
Huron East Town Hall
It may sound surprising to provide any type of museum for a municipality that came into being as recently as 2000. However the five communities that came together that year have a long and interesting history that the new municipality is proud to celebrate.
This tour was prepared by David Blaney, a freelance writer from Brussels, under assignment to the Huron East Business Growth and Economic Development office. We hope you enjoy it and want to know more about us. See more at our community website http://www.HuronEast.com.
As our tour takes you through the former Townships of Grey, McKillop and Tuckersmith and the town of Seaforth and the village of Brussels, we hope that you will see why we are proud of our new community's old history.
As all good histories strive to do, we hope to both celebrate our past and give you a look at where that past is going to lead us in the future. There are lots of side trips and galleries of interest. Each highlighted word or phrase will lead you to more information about that particular area. As time goes on we hope to open more galleries to give you a greater glimpse of our past.
Huron East
The municipality of Huron East can truly claim to be a community of communities. Within its boundaries are the five amalgamated municipalities and more than 30 small hamlets each with their unique history. Huron East is also as home to several ghost towns which exist in name only; the tides of time having washed away all but their names and the memory of their existence.
Much of the municipality is part of the area called the Huron Tract acquired by the Canada Company beginning in 1826. It was sold to the company, primarily through the urging of John Galt, after its purchase from aboriginal tribes inhabiting the area.
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