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The Best Attractions In Goderich

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Goderich is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario and is the county seat of Huron County. The town was founded by John Galt and William Tiger Dunlop of the Canada Company in 1827. First laid out in 1828, the town is named after Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, who was British prime minister at the time. The town was officially incorporated in 1850. As of the Canada 2016 Census, the population is 7,628 in a land area of 8.64 square kilometres.Located on the eastern shore of Lake Huron at the mouth of the Maitland River, Goderich faces the lake to the west and is notable for its sunsets. Some claim that Queen Elizabeth II once comment...
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  • 1. Huron Historic Gaol Goderich
    The Huron Historic Gaol was established as the Huron County Gaol for Upper Canada's Huron District. Clearing of the land began in Goderich, Ontario in 1839 and the jail was constructed between 1839 and 1842 using stone from the Maitland River Valley and from Michigan. The octagonal jail was designed by Thomas Young, modelled after Jeremy Bentham’s Panopticon design for prison construction, common in mid-19th century Britain and North America. A temporary courtroom and Council Chambers were set up on the jail’s third floor. It was in this makeshift Council Chamber that the first Huron District Council meeting was held on February 8, 1842. The third floor was also used for church services and other public gatherings before proper buildings were available. The building served the dual pur...
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  • 4. Huron County Museum Goderich
    The Huron Historic Gaol was established as the Huron County Gaol for Upper Canada's Huron District. Clearing of the land began in Goderich, Ontario in 1839 and the jail was constructed between 1839 and 1842 using stone from the Maitland River Valley and from Michigan. The octagonal jail was designed by Thomas Young, modelled after Jeremy Bentham’s Panopticon design for prison construction, common in mid-19th century Britain and North America. A temporary courtroom and Council Chambers were set up on the jail’s third floor. It was in this makeshift Council Chamber that the first Huron District Council meeting was held on February 8, 1842. The third floor was also used for church services and other public gatherings before proper buildings were available. The building served the dual pur...
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  • 7. Goderich Main Beach Goderich
    Goderich is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario and is the county seat of Huron County. The town was founded by John Galt and William Tiger Dunlop of the Canada Company in 1827. First laid out in 1828, the town is named after Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, who was British prime minister at the time. The town was officially incorporated in 1850. As of the Canada 2016 Census, the population is 7,628 in a land area of 8.64 square kilometres.Located on the eastern shore of Lake Huron at the mouth of the Maitland River, Goderich faces the lake to the west and is notable for its sunsets. Some claim that Queen Elizabeth II once commented that Goderich was the prettiest town in Canada although no reigning monarch has ever visited Goderich. The town indicates that tourism is...
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  • 9. Goderich Lighthouse Goderich
    Goderich is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario and is the county seat of Huron County. The town was founded by John Galt and William Tiger Dunlop of the Canada Company in 1827. First laid out in 1828, the town is named after Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, who was British prime minister at the time. The town was officially incorporated in 1850. As of the Canada 2016 Census, the population is 7,628 in a land area of 8.64 square kilometres.Located on the eastern shore of Lake Huron at the mouth of the Maitland River, Goderich faces the lake to the west and is notable for its sunsets. Some claim that Queen Elizabeth II once commented that Goderich was the prettiest town in Canada although no reigning monarch has ever visited Goderich. The town indicates that tourism is...
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  • 12. Reuben R. Sallows Gallery Goderich
    Reuben R. Sallows was a professional photographer from Goderich, Ontario, a Canadian photographer known for his portraits of children posed in bucolic settings, as well as for his lovingly humorous depictions of country youth. He was an adopter of the pictorialism movement in Canada and a frequent contributor to Canadian Pictorial magazine.
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