Lanark County - Lanark Highlands #4 Traditional Cache
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Lanark County - Lanark Highlands #4
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Lanark County - Lanark Highlands, is part of a series of caches I have placed throughout the 5 Townships of Lanark County. I came across this idea in part at an event that I attended in 2011.
I hope you enjoy your tour around Lanark County and seeing all that beautiful countyside it has to offer.
Since the original settling of the area, events of key historical significance include:
1857 - The Crotch Lake disaster caused a flood from Crotch Lake to the Ottawa River. Many of the bridges across the Mississippi River were swept away, including all three in Dalhousie and one in North Sherbrooke Townships.The flood also washed away the Currie's grist mill at the head of Dalhousie Lake (one of the first to be built and operated on the Mississippi River).
1862 - The Village of Lanark officially separated from the Township of Lanark.
1883 - The Township of Lavant separates from the Township of Dalhousie and North Sherbrooke
1917 - A fire destroyed the Clyde Woolen Mills - the areas largest industry and employer.
1919-1920 - The Hydro Electric Power Commission constructed a Hydro Plant at the High Falls, upstream from Dalhousie Lake. The construction employed over 200 men from the area.
1959 - A catastrophic fire in the Village destroyed 43 buildings (including the Town Hall, the Library, Memorial Clock and Legion Hall), leaving more than 100 people homeless, and caused $1.5 million in damage. It is a commonly held view that the fire had a profound psychological impact on the spirit of the people of Lanark, causing a temporary depression.
1975 - Lavant Township amalgamates with Dalhousie and North North Sherbrooke Township to form the "Township of Lavant, Dalhousie and North Sherbrooke".
1997 - May 14 - Lavant Dalhousie and North Sherbrooke Township, Lanark Township and Lanark Village amalgamate to form North West Lanark.
1997 - July 1 - North West Lanark Township and Darling Township amalgamate to form 'THE TOWNSHIP OF LANARK HIGHLANDS".
1998 - An ice storm affecting much of Eastern Ontario and Southern Quebec created a national emergency. Thanks to the generosity of people, businesses and municipalities outside the affected area, normality returned to Lanark Highlands after approximately three weeks. Despite an absence of electricity for up to three weeks, and the considerable destruction of trees and forests, the incident was widely viewed as a unifying experience for the township.
1998 - Flooding occurred along the Clyde and Mississippi Rivers. An emergency was declared. Flooding caused considerable strife for a number of weeks.
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