CUMNOCK
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CUMNOCK |
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| NAME: CUMNOCK COUNTY: ONTARIO ROADS: 2WD GRID: CLIMATE: Snow in winter BEST TIME TO VISIT: Spring summer or fall |
COMMENTS:
REMAINS: Only one of Cumnock’s early buildings remain. |
| Like Ponsonby, Cumnock began as a stopping place
on one of the early pioneer trails. It was founded in 1852 by a James Samson
who emigrated from Scotland. With a partner, John Muir, they built a hotel
and named it the Red Lion Hotel. Later, Muir opened his own hotel and named
it the British Hotel in competition with his former partner. Samson then
added a store to his growing list of business and opened the town’s
first post office naming it after Cumnock in Scotland. The village grew
to include a blacksmith, a cheese factory, a shoemaker, a flax mill, a sawmill,
and a small number of houses. As the railroads came through the area, traffic along the roads dwindled and the town began to decline. |
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