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Does anyone else remember the "do not pick up hitch hikers" signs on Airport Rd north of Mansfield?
In 1969, an agreement was made between the County of Dufferin, the Ministry of Natural
Resources, and the Ministry of Correctional Services (MCS) to establish a correctional facility on
the Main Tract of the Dufferin County Forest (Lot 18, Con. VI, Mulmur Twp.). In late 1969, an
area of approximately 2.4 ha (6 acres) was cleared and stumped for the facility. Building began
in early 1970. When the buildings were almost finished a fire on April 3, 1971 destroyed them.
Temporary buildings, which are still in place, were erected in time for Camp Dufferin to open in
the late summer of 1971. The Camp was originally a forestry work camp for adults from the
Guelph Correctional Facility.
After the passing of the Young Offenders Act in 1985 Camp Dufferin became an open custody
facility for male young offenders. At the beginning of 1990, the County of Dufferin began a
process to formally recognize the presence of Camp Dufferin by means of a lease. The lease was
signed in September, 1992, for the eighteen month period of April 1, 1992-September 30, 1994.
The lease was for parts of the West Half of Lots 18 and 19 Con. 7 East of Hurontario Street,
Mulmur Township. The lease was prepared so that Camp Dufferin would be assured of its
position on the County Forest land until such time as a new forest management plan was
prepared. The Camp is now in a period of “overholding” as described in the lease, which allows
it to remain on the property on a month-to-month basis, as long as the County of Dufferin agrees
to its continued tenancy.
Throughout its existence, the residents of Camp Dufferin have provided various services to the
community, including work on the Dufferin County Forest property. In the past, this work has
included road maintenance, clearing compartment lines, pruning crop trees, salvage cutting,
brushing of trails and roads, garbage pick-up, fuelwood cutting, and non-commercial thinning.
(Similar work has also been undertaken in the Simcoe County Forest.) Since the Camp became a
young offender facility, the amount of man-hours of labour has been reduced, as the residents
must be given recreational and educational opportunities.
The facilty has since closed and the lands were given back to the county, the building have all been removed and the area is used for many activities.
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