Shedden has enjoyed four names. This is the reason that four geocaches are being place in the town of Shedden.
First it was called Wilkie's Corners after settler James Wilkie a blacksmith who open his business in an old log parsonage on the northwest corner of Union and Back street.
Later it was known as Shaw's Corners after Ezra Shaw who built a store on these corners in1871.
In 1875 when the post office opened it was renamed Corsley, probably after the birthplace of Daniel Silcox who came to Canada in 1816.
Eight years later in 1883 the name changed to Shedden after John Shedden. Shedden with his partner Hendrie became contractors for the building of railways and other public works. Among those built by John Shedden were the Union Station and Grand Trunk elevator in Toronto. On July 1, 1873, Toronto's 2nd Union Station opened for business, then the largest and most opulent railway station in Canada. Inaugural celebrations were muted owing to the death of the builder of the station, John Shedden, who was killed in a railway accident on the Toronto & Nipissing Railway a few weeks earlier.
Shedden, Ontario is a hamlet in Southwold Township, Elgin County in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is known as "The Rhubarb Capital of Ontario" and is home to the "Rosy Rhubarb Festival" which is held in early June each summer with the big Shedden tractor pull that comes the week after Rosy Rhubarb. Rhubarb is found as a crop and is planted in many gardens in the surrounding area.
Shedden has a Post Office, an IOOF Hall which was built as a hotel in the early 1900’s, a medical clinic, volunteer-based fire hall, grocery store, pizza store, meat store, hair salon and a vintage and antique shop. Finally there is the Keystone Complex situated on the Shedden Fairgrounds where you can enjoy the recently built public library which is part of the complex building. In the fairground there are walking paths, a playground for children, covered out buildings, Soccer fields, a beautifully maintained Memorial Gardens with dedications to all the men and women who served their country.