Creek Bank, Ontario

Unincorporated rural community in Ontario, Canada
43°42′18″N 80°32′09″W / 43.70500°N 80.53583°W / 43.70500; -80.53583CountryCanadaProvinceOntarioCountyWellingtonTownshipCentre WellingtonTime zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)GNBC CodeFAUCX[1]

Creek Bank is an unincorporated rural community in Centre Wellington Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.[1][2]

The settlement is located on Carroll Creek.[1]

History

The Fisher brothers, Alexander, John, and Michael, were pioneer settlers who arrived in the area in 1841.[3]

A post office was established in 1852, and mail was delivered daily to Creek Bank.[4][5] The post office closed in 1915.[4]

The Wesleyan Methodist Church was established in Creek Bank by the 1860s, located on a portion of the Fisher farm. The church was rebuilt in 1882 and renamed Bloomsbury Methodist Church. It operated until 1915, when it was dismantled and moved to Hollen, a town on the Conestogo River, 12 km (7.5 mi) west of Creek Bank.[3] An extant cemetery located near the former church has graves dating to the 1850s. The gravestones were assembled into a cairn in 1837, and a historical marker is located there.[6][7]

Creek Bank had a population of about 75 in 1867, and a blacksmith shop, hotel, and general store were located there. A stage coach passed twice daily between Elora and Hollen.[5]

A school, Roman Catholic Separate School #6, was located at Creek Bank around 1870.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Creek Bank". Natural Resources Canada. October 6, 2016.
  2. ^ "Guelph/Eramosa". Statistics Canada. November 2, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "WLL4352" (PDF). Ontario Genealogical Society. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Creek Bank". Library and Archives Canada. May 27, 2014.
  5. ^ a b Gazetteer and Directory of the County Of Wellington, 1867 (PDF). Irwin & Burnham. 1867. pp. 89, 90.
  6. ^ "Creek Bank Methodist Cemetery". CanadaGenWeb's Cemetery Project. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  7. ^ Krassoc (January 8, 2015). "Bloomsbury Methodist Church – Wellington County, Ontario". Fadedgenes.
  8. ^ Bloomfield, Elizabeth (1989). Inventory of Primary and Archival Sources: Guelph and Wellington County to 1940. Guelph Regional Project. p. 129.
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