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62-405: Hungry Hollow may refer to: Georgetown, Ontario , Canada Arkona, Ontario , Canada Granite City, Illinois , US Garrett County, Maryland , US Phillips County, Kansas , US Klamath County, Oregon , US Other uses [ edit ] Hungry Hollow: The Story of a Natural Place , a novel by Alexander Dewdney Topics referred to by

124-491: A boys' orphan farm relocated from St. Catharines , to Georgetown. This orphanage was operated by Father Clovis Beauregard and his niece, Therese St Jean. The Acadian boys from the orphanage decided to remain here in adulthood. The boys had learned apple farming and other Acadian families moved here to assist them with their apple business. Second, in 1957 a French-Canadian Association was formed. By 1966, about 150 French-speaking Catholic families created their own parish when

186-487: A division of Alcoa Power and Propulsion and Kingsbury Technologies (Canada) Inc. The community also serves as the Canadian headquarters of Jehovah's Witnesses . The Georgetown Marketplace is Georgetown's Mall. It has roughly 63 stores. Georgetown has seen an explosion of population growth in the south. This has caused new businesses to appear. The Bruce Trail goes through Halton Hills, passing north of Georgetown. The town

248-569: A non-official language as mother tongues, while 0.5% listed both English and French. 61.4% of the population were Christian , down from 72.1% in 2011. 34.3% were Catholic , 16.8% were Protestant , 6.2% were Christian n.o.s, 1.6% were Christian Orthodox and 2.6% belonged to other Christian denominations or Christian-related traditions. 32.2% were non-religious or secular, up from 26.3% in 2011. 6.4% belonged to other religions, up from 1.6% in 2011.The largest non-Christian religions were Islam (2.0%), Sikhism (1.9%), and Hinduism (1.5%). The town

310-600: A prosperous mill in Norval . In 1846, Norval had a population of about 200 inhabitants, served by two churches, various tradesmen, a grist mill, an oatmeal mill, a distillery, two stores and a tavern. Author Lucy Maud Montgomery who wrote the Anne of Green Gables series lived in Norval from 1926 to 1935 and considered it to be "one of the prettiest villages in all Ontario". The settlement of Glen Williams had been called Williamsburg but

372-580: A significant parcel of land as payment for his work. The brothers of Charles Kennedy, John, Morris, Samuel and George, all acquired land close to each another in the Silver Creek Valley. Charles Kennedy built a sawmill in a location where Main Street meets Wildwood Road today. George Kennedy took advantage of the Silver Creek in the early 1820s to power a sawmill, and later a gristmill and foundry and then

434-578: A woolen mill; a small settlement formed around the mills, often called "Hungry Hollow". In 1828, John Galt of the Canada Company opened the York to Guelph Road (now Highway 7) which connected the settlement around George Kennedy's Mill with other settlements in the area. The road also extended to Galt , to Guelph and to Goderich . In 1837 the Barber brothers, including William and James, purchased land and

496-528: Is a fine township, containing excellent land, and many good farms, which are generally well cultivated. Wheat of superior quality is grown in this and adjoining townships. The land is mostly rolling. The town is bisected by the Niagara Escarpment from southwest to northeast, and a significant portion of the rural area is located within the provincial Greenbelt . Above the Escarpment, a large proportion of

558-558: Is developing a multi-purpose trail system in Hungry Hollow, on old railbeds and various other locations. A citizens group called HHORBA is trying to work with the Town in planning and constructing the trails to be as environmentally friendly, safe for hikers and enjoyable for bicyclists as possible. HHORBA helped construct a one trail and three bridges with members of the Bruce Trail. HHORBA in

620-679: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Georgetown, Ontario By 1650, the Hurons had been wiped out by European diseases and the Iroquois . The region was now open to the Algonquian Ojibwa (also known as Mississauga ). By 1850 the remaining Mississauga natives were removed to the Six Nations Reserve , where the Mississaugas of

682-429: Is divided into four wards, each of which elects two local councillors. Two regional councillors are also elected - one from Wards 1 and 2 (i.e., the area that was in the former Town of Acton and the former Township of Esquesing), and one from Wards 3 and 4 (i.e., the area in the former Town of Georgetown). The mayor is elected at large. The mayor and two regional councillors (who also serve on Halton Hills council) represent

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744-521: Is dominated by mixed wood forests. It is a transitional type between the southern deciduous forests and the northern coniferous forests. The forest communities of the Niagara Section are dominated by broad-leaved trees. Overall, Halton Hills consists predominantly of agricultural lands with scattered woodlands and wetlands. The woodlands are mainly deciduous forest and the wetlands are either cedar swamp or cattail marsh. American ginseng exists in

806-625: Is managed by the Halton Catholic District School Board . Catholic Christian French Public Public Catholic Public Two buildings in Georgetown were designed by Toronto architect E.J. Lennox : Major industries with head offices and facilities in Georgetown include Mold Masters Limited, CPI Canada, Eastwood Guitars , and Saputo. Other major industrial concerns include Cooper Standard, ADM Archer Daniels Midland Cocoa (was Ambrosia Chocolate), Howmet Georgetown Casting,

868-515: Is now known as Alexanian Carpet and Flooring. In 1929 the farm became the Cedarvale School for Girls; most of the residents found positions as domestic staff. In total, 109 boys and 40 girls were taken in by the Canadian government, considered by many to be Canada's first humanitarian initiative. Many became Canadian citizens. The area had no early history of a concentration of French-Canadians, but that changed after World War II. First, in 1947,

930-537: Is the namesake of the late Jobst Gellert, founder of Mold Masters LTD, headquartered in Georgetown. Stewarttown, Ontario Halton Hills is a town in the Regional Municipality of Halton , located in the northwestern end of the Greater Toronto Area , Ontario, Canada with a population of 62,951 (2021). There are many natural features within these bounds; they include the Niagara Escarpment , and

992-401: Is well known for its terrain including slopes and inclines. In 1932, Bill Gauser proposed the idea to change the name from Halton to Halton Hills. Georgetown grew as new neighbourhoods were added. The oldest section is around Main Street and Church Street. The arrival of the railway produced a new section — around King Street and Queen Street. The Delrex subdivision was the third part of

1054-535: The Bruce Trail . Many of these local features are protected by the Conservation Halton , Credit Valley Conservation & Grand River Conservation Authority . The primary population centres are Georgetown and Acton . Additionally, there are a number of hamlets and rural clusters within the town, including Ashgrove, Ballinafad (straddling the boundary with Erin ), Bannockburn, Crewsons Corners (straddling

1116-649: The Bank of Hamilton, the first to open in the entire Halton County. By 1880, the Chapel Street School and Baptist Church and the Town Hall had been built; the high school opened in 1887. Georgetown residents began to receive municipal water in 1891, piped by gravity. Electricity was not available until 1913 although John R. Barber had purchased a generator in 1888 and installed it at the Credit River; that provided power for

1178-498: The Clinton formation yielded green and brown shales and blue marl , which were used in the manufacture of mineral paints . Small oil and gas deposits have been discovered northwest and south of Acton, and around Hornby. While exploration had occurred as early as 1908, with oil being discovered in 1912, significant strikes did not occur until 1954. The town is located in an area that is considered to be of low seismic potential, and

1240-563: The Corporation of the Town of Halton Hills. The facility is user supervised and is managed through posted regulations. Located on Eighth Line just north of 10 Side Road in South Georgetown. The facility contains a large indoor swimming pool and hosts various exercise classes plus other community events. Outside amenities include a splash pad, three baseball diamonds, soccer field, six tennis courts and park trails. The Gellert Community Centre

1302-590: The Escarpment, hummocky morainic ridges deposited by glacial ice form part of the Horseshoe Moraines physiographic region. To the southeast below the Escarpment, is a smooth glacial till plain partially bevelled by lacustrine action, which forms part of the South Slope and Peel Plain physiographic regions. The Town of Halton Hills is underlain by Ordovician shales of the Queenston Formation east of

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1364-601: The Fall Fair was the scene of a riot which broke out between local youth (approximately 500) and the Halton Regional Police force. There were several teens arrested and at least another half a dozen shot by rubber bullets during the riot. No major property damage occurred, only a portion of a small white picket fence was damaged. Conflict in the years following the event has so far been avoided. The third Sunday in November,

1426-864: The Halton Hills Thunder Minor Hockey Association. Georgetown Raiders Sr A competed in the OHA Senior A and Intermediate A ranks in the 1970s and 1980s. They are not connected to another Georgetown Raiders team which is currently a member of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League. The second Saturday in June, Georgetown is host to a variety of Scottish traditional games and celebrations. A farmers' market operates on Main St. in downtown Georgetown on Saturdays 8:00am – 12:30pm from June through October. The section of Main St. that hosts

1488-589: The Halton Subdivision through Stewarttown while their usual route was closed for signal upgrades. From 1917 to 1931, Norval, Georgetown and Acton were also served by the Toronto Suburban Railway . HaltonHillsToday.ca is an online local news source in Halton Hills, offering the latest breaking news, weather updates, entertainment, sports and business features, obituaries and more. Halton Hills

1550-576: The Halton Till. There are several areas of thin drift cover south of Georgetown. The quarrying of limestone has been undertaken since the 19th century, and the lime industry was once quite prevalent. In 1886, the Toronto Lime Company had operations in Limehouse and Acton, employing a total of four draw kilns and eleven set kilns, producing common lime and water lime . At Limehouse, rock from

1612-637: The New Credit First Nation Reserve was established. Commencing in 1781, the British government purchased blocks of land from the Mississauga Nation. In 1818, they purchased land that later became the townships of Esquesing and Nassagaweya. The task of laying out the townships fell to Timothy Street and Abraham Nelles. Charles Kennedy was hired by Nelles to survey the northern part of Esquesing Township in 1819, and Charles Kennedy received

1674-631: The Niagara Escarpment, and by Silurian dolomites of the Amabel Formation west of the Escarpment. The escarpment face exposes a complex succession of shales , sandstones , limestones and dolomites of the Clinton and Cataract Groups. Red shales of the Queenston Formation underlie the eastern half of the town and are generally covered by more than 15 m of glacial sediments, predominantly

1736-782: The Town are managed by the Halton Hills Public Library Board . In 1975, the Lord Lyon King of Arms awarded arms to the town, followed by the grant of a badge in 1984. Both were subsequently registered with the Canadian Heraldic Authority in 2005. They are specifically described as follows: The town has four main roads: East-west North-south Bus service is provided by GO Transit along Highway 7 on its Georgetown line corridor. Via Rail and GO Train service are provided at Georgetown GO Station . The Grand Trunk Railway brought train service to

1798-466: The amalgamation into the present Town are as follows: Georgetown ceased to be a separate town in 1974, and is now part of the Town of Halton Hills, which is divided into four wards, each with two elected Councillors. Two others are Regional Councillors, each representing two wards on Halton Hills Council, and also serve on the Halton Region Council as does the mayor. The current membership of

1860-512: The amalgamation of the former Towns of Georgetown and Acton , together with much of the former Esquesing Township , and a small portion of the Town of Oakville lying north of Ontario Highway 401 . Originally named the Town of North Halton in the establishing legislation, provision was made for a name change to be adopted in consequence of a referendum, and Halton Hills was thus chosen in October 1973: On August 1, 2013, Toronto Premium Outlets ,

1922-490: The area in 1856, with stations at Acton and Georgetown. Passenger service to Acton ceased in the 1990s, but GO Train service is planned to be revived there in 2013. Rail freight service is also provided by Canadian National on its Halton Subdivision from Georgetown southwest through Milton to Burlington. CN's Guelph Subdivision between Georgetown and London is currently managed by Goderich–Exeter Railway . In November 2020, VIA Rail Canada rerouted some of its trains onto

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1984-416: The boundary with Erin , Guelph-Eramosa and Milton ), Glen Williams , Henderson's Corners, Hornby, Limehouse , Mansewood , Norval , Scotch Block, Silver Creek, Speyside, Stewarttown, Terra Cotta (straddling the boundary with Caledon ), and Wildwood. The area was first settled in the 1820s. Esquesing Township, of which the greatest part went to form Halton Hills, was favourably described in 1846: This

2046-464: The business until 1962 when it was sold to Isaac Sitzer Investments and later to George and Nick Markou purchased the hotel in 1978 and operated it until the property was sold to a condominium developer in 2015. In 1962, the Moore Park subdivision started construction and would attract more residents to town. By that time, Georgetown had its own hospital. The GO train arrived in Georgetown in 1974;

2108-471: The current Goodfellas Pizza site). The line closed in 1931 after business had declined substantially. The venture failed because of the Depression and the increasing prevalence of the automobile, buses and trucks. Its proximity to the competing Grand Trunk Railway (Canadian National) line was also a factor. By 1921 the village had over 2000 residents and was incorporated as a town in 1922, with LeRoy Dale as

2170-532: The early 1840s, who started the local leather industry. In the 1850s, George Kennedy subdivided his land into small lots for sale to new settlers. Esquesing Village ( Stewarttown ) was settled around 1818 and became the seat of the Township of Esquesing. It was also on the main north-south route to the steamships at Oakville . The Stewart Brothers had a successful mill in Esquesing Village, and James McNab had

2232-518: The evening parade begins at 5pm. Organized by the Georgetown Lions Club. Includes a variety of floats from local organizations and businesses, bands, and Santa Claus. The parade route is: Guelph Street from Sinclair to Mill Street and Charles Street to the Fairgrounds. These roads are closed to traffic from approximately 5:00–7:00pm. Also known as "Head For The Hills", this festival is held

2294-484: The family's paper mill. On May 13, 1895, brothers Sam & John McGibbon leased, in partnership, Thomas Clark's Hotel for $ 600/year. The Hotel McGibbon was built by Robert Jones and was sold to Clark in about 1867. A double veranda graced the Main & Mill Street side of the building until the hotel was ravaged by fire in the 1880s. After the fire, a third floor was added to part of the building. The McGibbon family lived at

2356-760: The first 50 orphans of the Armenian genocide arrived in Georgetown to be educated and trained for farming at the Cedarvale Farm, now known as Cedarvale Park , operated by the Armenian Canadian Relief Fund. The children were known as the Georgetown Boys . By 1928, most had homes on farms. Aris Alexanian was a teacher and assistant superintendent at the school. He went on to open an oriental rug store in Hamilton, Ontario, which has grown throughout Ontario and

2418-777: The first Premium Outlets Centre in Canada, opened for business on Steeles Avenue at the south end of Halton Hills near the border of Milton, Ontario . In 2021, Halton Hills was 84.6% white/European, 13.6% visible minorities, and 1.8% Indigenous. The largest visible minority groups were South Asian (5.6%), Black (1.7%), Chinese (1.2%), Filipino (1.0%) and Latin American (1.0%). 80.8% of residents spoke English as their mother tongue. The next most common first languages were Polish (1.7%), Portuguese (1.6%), French (1.5%), Punjabi (1.4%), Croatian (1.2%), Italian (1.0%) and Spanish (1.0%). 2.2% of residents listed both English and

2480-463: The first mayor. Many historic buildings still stand in the heart of Georgetown and in its small, more rural communities. In the mid-1940s, the population was close to 4,000 and began to grow more quickly in the 1950s when Rex Heslop bought farms and developed the Delrex subdivision. The Hotel McGibbon was still operating although Sam McGibbon had died in 1940; a daughter, Gladys, and a son, Jack, took over

2542-528: The hotel. Sam's wife, Ann, kept white linen in the dining room, and in its earliest years had been a popular place for wedding receptions and banquets. The Toronto Suburban Railway Company ran the Toronto-Guelph electric rail line through Georgetown opening opening 1917. The line, which transported both goods and passengers, had a combined station and substation building located at 29 Main Street South (at

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2604-447: The largest recent earthquake to take place within its limits was of magnitude 3 on 29 June 1955. There is a POLARIS seismic monitoring station located just west of Acton. Halton Hills has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb ). The Town has two distinct climate zones: Environment and Climate Change Canada operates one climate monitoring station at Georgetown. Both Georgetown and Acton, as well as

2666-584: The market is closed off to vehicles during the event. The Fall Fair was started in 1846. It is held the Friday to Sunday following the Labour Day Weekend. The annual event is held at the Georgetown Fairgrounds and consists mainly of carnival rides and rural contests, such as the tractor pull and demolition derby . The Georgetown Agricultural Society organizes and runs the fair each year. In 2003,

2728-467: The name was changed in 1852 when the post office opened. The Barbers' brother-in-law, Benajah Williams, was one of the first settlers here and the community's name was given in his honour. Limehouse , formerly Fountain Green, was a small settlement that grew after the railway arrived in the area in 1856; in addition to lime kilns (which opened in about 1840), a sawmill, blanket factory and paint factory opened in

2790-499: The old Holy Cross Church was rededicated as L'Eglise Sacre Coeur. On January 1, 1974, Georgetown became part of the Town of Halton Hills when it amalgamated with the Town of Acton and most of the Township of Esquesing. Together with the Town of Milton , the Town of Oakville and the City of Burlington , the Regional Municipality of Halton was formed, replacing Halton County. Halton Hills

2852-765: The past has been a member of the International Mountain Bicycling Association . Located outside of the Mold-Masters SportsPlex at 221 Guelph Street, this facility was made possible by the co-operative efforts of the Halton Hills Community through the Skateboarders, Inline Skaters & BMX Bikers of Halton Hills (SIBAHH) Committee and the Recreation and Parks Department. Funding was provided through generous community donations and

2914-587: The population was 1500; the Ontario Gazetteer mentioned Barber Brothers as a noted paper goods manufacturer with a staff of 40. The settlement was incorporated as the village of Georgetown in 1865. The 1860s and 1870s were prosperous years. Recently opened businesses in that era included the Georgetown Herald newspaper, Culp and Mackenzie's carriage making enterprise, the Creelman brothers' machine shop and

2976-501: The rural area is classified as environmentally sensitive wetlands, and there are several sites that are licensed for aggregate extraction, for which expansion requires detailed environmental assessment. Below the Escarpment, the rural area is mainly agricultural, with the exception of an industrial area currently being developed between Highway 401 and Steeles Avenue. The town also forms part of three watersheds: The Water Survey of Canada operates two hydrometric monitoring stations in

3038-462: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Hungry Hollow . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hungry_Hollow&oldid=1005853021 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

3100-611: The service has since expanded with a great deal of available parking at the Georgetown GO Station and frequent commuter trains on weekdays. On January 1, 1974 Georgetown was absorbed into the new regional town of Halton Hills. One of the most significant changes since then included the Georgetown South residential expansion that started in 1989. The two paper companies, Provincial Papers and Georgetown Coated Paper Company closed in 1991 and 1977 respectively. On July 1, 1923,

3162-454: The smaller communities in the rural area, have histories which go back about 200 years. Settlement began in the 1820s. The hamlet of Hornby was home to the large Brain Brewery, established in 1845; it was eventually making 5,000 barrels of beer per year with ten employees. The facility closed when Prohibition started in 1916 and did not later reopen. Halton Hills was formed in 1974 through

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3224-552: The third Saturday of the month in September, and runs from 11:00am–6:00pm at Trafalgar Sports Park. Organized by the Georgetown Lions Club, Georgetown Kiwanis Club, Georgetown Kinsmen Club, and Georgetown Rotary Club. The festival showcases craft brewers from across Ontario, gourmet food trucks, live music, and games. Public education in Georgetown is managed by the Halton District School Board , while Catholic education

3286-408: The town at the council meetings of the Regional Municipality of Halton . The current (2022-2026) membership of the town council is as follows: Halton Hills has its own fire department. However, policing is provided by the Halton Regional Police Services . The Town has its own official plan which came into force in March 2008 and was consolidated in 2017 with the Region's plan. The libraries in

3348-479: The town council is as follows: Halton Hills has its own fire department but policing is provided by the Halton Regional Police Service . Halton Hills has its own official plan which came into force on 28 March 2008 and was consolidated in 2017 with the Region's plan. Georgetown's sports teams include : Georgetown Minor Hockey Association – Raiders – In 2013, the Acton Tanners and the Georgetown Raiders Minor Hockey Association completed their merger to create

3410-440: The town that was added. Shortly after Delrex, Moore Park was developed. In 1989, the Georgetown South development began and the town has grown considerably since that point. The population at the time of the 2016 census was 42,123 (an increase of 4.8% over 2011) in the 24 km of the community. There were 14,679 private dwellings at that time. Data from previous years indicates steady growth. Census data for periods prior to

3472-416: The town, and is protected under the Endangered Species Act, 2007 . Butternut trees are also threatened by the butternut canker . The hooded warbler and the Jefferson salamander are also designated as threatened species. Brook trout had been eliminated from the Black Creek watershed for many years, following the ongoing environmental disaster due to the excessive consumption of faecal mater as well as

3534-413: The town, on the Black Creek below Acton, and at Norval on the Credit River . Halton Hills is located in the transition zone between the Huron-Ontario Forest Section of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence forest zone to the north and the Niagara Section of the Carolinian forest zone to the south. Both forest zones are part of the Mixedwood Plains Ecozone . The natural vegetation in the Huron-Ontario Section

3596-458: The trailer park polluting the water in the town of Erin. The trout have not returned, and anglers report that most of the fish have almost entirely disappeared from the area. The physiography and distribution of surface material in the Town of Halton Hills are the result of glacial activity which took place in the Late Wisconsinan Substage of the Pleistocene Epoch . This period of time, which lasted from approximately 23,000 to 10,000 years ago,

3658-440: The village. In 1893, a fire destroyed the woollen mill, a paint factory and wood at the waterlime mill in Limehouse creating a serious financial problem for the settlement. The lime industry operated until 1917. In 1846, Georgetown had a grist mill, sawmill, cloth factory, tavern, cabinet maker, foundry, chair maker, two tanneries, two tailors, two stores, three wagon makers, three shoemakers, and four blacksmiths. The population

3720-435: The woolen mill and foundry from Kennedy in 1837; they renamed the settlement Georgetown. The brothers started the paper-making industry in 1854, using electricity produced by a dynamo at the Credit River. Their products included large volumes of wallpaper. John R. Barber's home, Berwick Hall, still stands at Main and Park Streets. The business prospered for over 100 years. Other entrepreneurs arrived including Philo Dayfoot in

3782-416: Was about 700. The Grand Trunk Railway arrived in 1856 and a line of the Hamilton and North-Western Railway reached the community about 20 years later. The two provided a convenient method for transporting not only passengers but manufactured goods. Hotels opened near the station, including the Railroad Exchange in a building that still stands. Georgetown was incorporated as a village in 1864. In 1869

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3844-405: Was marked by the repeated advance and melting back of massive, continental ice sheets. The Niagara Escarpment dominates the physiography of the town and greatly influenced the pattern of glaciation in the region. The Escarpment, formed by erosion over millions of years, is a high relief bedrock scarp which trends to the north through the central part of the town. To the west, on the upper surface of

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