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Opened in 1822. The name is Spanish for border, margin, or shore; Lake Couchiching, the Severn River and Sparrow Lake are the eastern and northern boundaries. The Town of Orillia was originally the headquarters of the Ojibway indians; the first white settler, Gerald Alley, came in 1832 as a Government instructor to the Indians. Before 1836 nineteen had settled in the northern part of the township. Washago had its beginnings in 1852, Severn Bridge in 1857.
Jesse E. Middleton, The Province of Ontario: a History: 1615-1927, published 1927
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THE ABOVE LINKS ARE BROKEN. These had been off-site links to the Archives of Ontario's RG-100 Patent Plans. In 2023 the A of O replaced the 'Archives Descriptive Database' with the 'AIMS' database. Please direct inquiries to the Archives of Ontario quoting the RG 1-100 collection and urging for restoration of *large-sized* map images. (I'm always happy to hear from you too).
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Walton / 1837 Toronto City & Home District / free online
McEvoy / 1866-67 Simcoe County / subscr. site
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Irwin / 1872-73 Simcoe County & Muskoka Dist. / free online
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1861 District | SubDistrict | Film | PGs: | 97 – | 99 | |
Simcoe | Orillia | C-1073-1074 | 97 | 98 | 99 |
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The 1861 Census Districts | Re: Bothwell, Cardwell & Monck
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1871 District | SubDistrict | Div.* | Film | Images |
42 Simcoe North | K Orillia & Matchedash | Div 1 | C-9964 | Link to Start |
42 Simcoe North | K Orillia & Matchedash | Div 2 | C-9964 | Link to Start |
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Township | Dates | Film | Images | |
Orillia N&S | None Available |
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Ontario Tax Assessment Rolls, 1834-1899
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Surname | Incidence | Township | County | Dates | Source | Available online? | Details | Misc |
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Adams | 1 | Orillia South | Simcoe | 1867 | directory | Link to Source | ||
Allen | 2 | Orillia South | Simcoe | 1871 | map | Link to Source | ||
Allen | 1 | Orillia South | Simcoe | 1867 | directory | Link to Source | ||
Alley | 1 | Orillia South | Simcoe | 1837 | directory | Link to Source | ||
Amden | 1 | Orillia South | Simcoe | 1867 | directory | Link to Source | ||
Annes | 1 | Orillia South | Simcoe | 1867 | directory | Link to Source | ||
Ardagh | 3 | Orillia South | Simcoe | 1867 | directory | Link to Source | ||
Atkinson | 2 | Orillia South | Simcoe | 1867 | directory | Link to Source | ||
Badger | 1 | Orillia South | Simcoe | 1867 | directory | Link to Source | ||
Bailey | 1 | Orillia South | Simcoe | 1871 | map | Link to Source |