Introduction Importance Etymology Location Weather Flora Fauna Town and Township Politics (1960

Paul Moeller B.A. (Hons.) Website: govdeals http://paulkarlmoell… Honours Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Political Science, from McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Fluent in English, Spanish, and German. Studied French for 6 years. Have read books in all those languages in the last 2 years. Reading comprehension, if limited, of some other languages. Teach privately, mostly at corporate level. Do the occasional translation.
Introduction Importance Etymology Location Weather Flora Fauna Town and Township Politics (1960′s Emphasis) The Town of Harrow Early History Population and Size Street-naming Conventions Religion Major Buildings govdeals Industry Commerce Education Diversity at the High School Diversity in Organizations Ethnicity Government Security Health Recreational Opportunities Employment Opportunities
This article describes three small communities, and their surrounding area, of Essex County, Ontario, Canada, largely as they existed in the years 1956 to 1971. To make the article more relevant, some historical and current characteristics of the area are added. For readers interested in something shorter, the Harrow Chamber of Commerce provides some data , a which can be augmented by the history of the Harrow Fair c .
The present status of the places mentioned in this article is to consider Harrow and its lesser communities as smaller built-up areas of the town of Essex. The boundaries of the general area under discussion have changed so often, as to make it difficult to decide whether to be inclusive or exclusive in dealing with Colchester North.
The Township of Colchester was established in 1800 according to one source; in 1870, according to another. Division into north and south was in 1879. Near the end of 1997, the province of Ontario created the The Corporation of the Town of Colchester-Essex-Harrow , for the entire area originally referred to as the Township of Colchester, and redubbed it, effective January 1, 1999, The Corporation of the Town of Essex . e This article excludes the community of Essex from consideration.
Names found in this article are available in old copies govdeals of telephone directories or on the Internet, and therefore govdeals are not private information. Priority was given to names familiar to the author, such as schoolmates, past employers, and proprietors of establishments patronized by his family. Unreferenced material which is not common knowledge may be based on personal memories, or undocumented research done on Upper Canada for a different article.
Additional material will be added as found, and as time permits. To facilitate access to resources, a special method of footnote has been improvised, using letters, excluding b, d, f, h, k, l, and t. Because new information is being found faster than it can be properly positioned on this page, where necessary, a sequence such as ac.a is placed between ac and ae. Presenting the information takes priority over niceties! govdeals (Some additional material has momentarily been appended at the bottom of the page.) Much new material was added in November, 2013, and a new revision should appear before govdeals the end of the year.
Spelling of this page conforms to Canadian usage. If not, it is the author s oversight. Run-on text, most linking errors, and any advertising found here, are not under his control. — a Harrow Chamber of Commerce, Community History : Township govdeals of Colchester Established in the 1870s , < http://www.harrowchamber.ca/community_history.php&gt ;. c Harrow Fair History , < http://www.harrowfair.com/index.php/fair-history&gt ;. e Town of Essex, Local History , 2013 , (giving 1800 as the year of formation of the greater township), Community History ; ibid. , for 1870 date; for division govdeals into 2: Town of Essex , ibid. ; for posterior amalgamation and naming : County of Essex, Restructuring of the County of Essex , 1910, or, with 1999 mentioned only, Town of Essex, op. cit . . Importance
The Harrow region was an example of diversity before the word ever was used in the modern sense. It, as well as some of the neighbouring communities, are also geographically unique. These are two aspects which will be emphasized here. As the schools located in Harrow eventually accommodated children from the rest of the area known as Colchester govdeals South township, including the villages of Oxley and Colchester, and perhaps all or part of Colchester North, govdeals Harrow may often refer to the population of all of the above. It has an important agricultural research facility, which includes a weather station that has logged Canada s record rainfall. g The location of this facility is justified in that Harrow, or the county to which it belongs, is part where Canada has its mildest fall, i and has its most growing-degree days. Even as far back as 1918, it was reported that here was set a world record for the price of a bushel of corn [maize]. j Slightly less noteworthy is the praise l