Eramosa Township, Upper Canada

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Eramosa Township, Upper Canada was a rural 19th-century township in what is now Ontario, Canada, notable as the birthplace of influential railroad magnate James J. Hill.

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Eramosa Township, Upper Canada canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former municipality
historic township
borderedBy Erin Township
Garafraxa Township
Guelph/Eramosa Township
surface form: Guelph Township
cadastralUnitOf Wellington County, Ontario
surface form: Wellington County land survey system
country Upper Canada
geographicFeature Eramosa River
surface form: Eramosa River valley

limestone plain
governingSystem township council
hasCharacteristic agricultural
rural
hasNotableIndustry local agricultural services
small-scale milling along Eramosa River
historicalEra colonial period of Upper Canada
historicalJurisdiction Dominion of Canada
surface form: Dominion of Canada (Ontario) after Confederation

Province of Canada
historicalPopulationCharacteristic predominantly settler farming families
sparsely populated
historicalStatus dissolved township
landUse farmland
rural homesteads
woodlots
language English
locatedIn Upper Canada
present-day Ontario
locatedInAdministrativeArea Wellington County, Ontario
surface form: Wellington County
locatedInCountryPresentDay Canada
locatedInPresentDay Ontario
locatedInProvincePresentDay Ontario
surface form: Ontario, Canada
locatedInRegion southwestern Ontario
locatedNear Guelph
surface form: Guelph, Ontario
mergedInto Guelph/Eramosa Township
namedAfter Eramosa River
notableAs birthplace of James J. Hill
notableResident James J. Hill
nowPartOf Guelph
surface form: Guelph/Eramosa, Ontario
partOf Wellington County, Ontario
surface form: Wellington County, Upper Canada
primaryEconomicActivity farming
livestock raising
mixed agriculture
regionType rural community
settlementType township
successorAdministrativeUnit Guelph/Eramosa Township
surface form: Township of Guelph/Eramosa
timePeriod 19th century
transportationContext served by local roads and nearby rail lines in late 19th century
typicalReligion Protestant Christianity
Roman Catholicism

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James J. Hill birthPlace Eramosa Township, Upper Canada