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The phrase ‘Meet Me at the Pav’ conjures up memories of hot summer nights, live music and dancing. The dance pavilions of Goderich and Bayfield’s Jowett’s…

In the Victorian Age, one of the most alarming practices the Women’s Christian Temperance Union warned against was the ingestion of arsenic among young women…

The accidental discovery of salt in May 1866 on the Maitland River flats set off a decade-long salt boom in Huron County. At least briefly, nearly every town,…

The accidental discovery of salt in May 1866 on the Maitland River flats set off a decade-long salt boom in Huron County. At least briefly, nearly every town,…

The accidental discovery of salt in May 1866 on the Maitland River flats set off a decade-long salt boom in Huron County. At least briefly, nearly every town,…

The “Big Mill” began as the Ogilvie and Hutchison Mill in 1875 on the south pier of the Goderich waterfront. At its peak production, the Big Mill was the…

The “Big Mill” began as the Ogilvie and Hutchison Mill in 1875 on the south pier of the Goderich waterfront. At its peak production, the Big Mill was the…

The “Big Mill” began as the Ogilvie and Hutchison Mill in 1875 on the south pier of the Goderich waterfront. At its peak production, the Big Mill was the…

Barely alive, when Captain John Waddell beached his lifeboat at Colpoy’s Bay near Wiarton on Nov.

Barely alive, when Captain John Waddell beached his lifeboat at Colpoy’s Bay near Wiarton on Nov. 25, 1867, he had a harrowing tale to tell. His two-masted…