Lake Erie & Norfolk Rail Trail

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Overview

By the time the War of 1812 began, the early pioneers had just been getting settled in the fledgling settlement of Mount Pleasant which had its beginnings only 15 years before.

Mount Pleasant in 1812 was a small, self-supporting hamlet composed of approximately 12 families who, with a few exceptions, were mostly opening up farm properties. The exceptions were Morris Thomas who was a blacksmith, Roswell Stevens, a carpenter and Thomas Perrin, a miller. The Perrin Mill on the Mount Pleasant Creek was one of the first commercial milling operations in what became Brant County.

Mount Pleasant was situated on the Long...

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City: Brantford, Mount Pleasant, OaklandLength: 14.0 kmRegion: Hamilton, Halton and Brant

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