Creation of Brighton Township
At the beginning of the 1850s, Brighton and area was on the cusp of major change. Robert Baldwin and his reform party won a landslide victory in the election of 1848 which resulted in a massive amount of legislation to modernize Canada West and Canada East. In the process, local government was re‐organized. In Toronto, on August 2nd, 1851, legislation was passed to make changes to the borders of counties and townships. A unique element of this change happened in Northumberland County. Effective January 1, 1852, Brighton Township was created out of lots 1 thru 10 of Cramahe Township and lots 23 thru 36 in Murray Township, as well as Presqu’ile Point. I have found no documentation to reveal the reasons for this change, but we can see the results. Now there were three townships of similar population and geographic size and shape. Each township had a town at the south end near the lakeshore which could act as a centre of governance and commercial activity. For better or worse, Presqu’ile Point was now part of Brighton Township. |
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