Category: Tay Valley, Ontario

Categories: Lanark County, Ontario

Name:	Tay Valley, Ontario
Timeframe:	(January 1, 1998 - Present)
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Project / Team:	Canada / Ontario Team
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Tay Valley is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada, on the Tay River in Lanark County. The township was incorporated on January 1, 1998 by amalgamating the former townships of Bathurst, South Sherbrooke and North Burgess. It was originally known as the township of Bathurst, Burgess, Sherbrooke, but adopted the name of Tay Valley on July 30, 2002.

The former Township of North Burgess was settled by a group of Scottish and Irish immigrants and soldiers from the War of 1812-14. The first residents established homes and farms along the first stretch of cleared land, which would later become known as the Scotch Line. North Burgess was named for Rev. Thomas Burgess in 1794.

The Township of Bathurst was surveyed in 1816 for settlement by both British emigrants and ex 1812-1814 War soldiers and seamen. The Township was then settled by Irish and Scottish immigrants, most of whom were farmers or military personnel. It was named for Henry Bathurst, the third Earl of Bathurst.

The Township of South Sherbrooke was surveyed in 1819. Its name was adopted from Sir John Coape Sherbooke.

The Bathurst, Burgess & Sherbrooke Township was created in 1998 with the amalgamation of the former townships of Bathurst, North Burgess and South Sherbrooke. It was renamed Tay Valley Township in 2002, in recognition of the river that meanders across the landscape continuing its historic role of linking communities.

The township comprises the communities of:

Althorpe

Bathurst Station

Bells Corners

Bolingbroke

Bolingbroke Siding

Brooke

Christie Lake

DeWitts Corners

Elliot

Fallbrook

Feldspar