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Goderich (/ ˈ ɡ ɒ d r ɪ tʃ, ˈ ɡ ɒ d ə r ɪ tʃ / GOD-rich or GOD-ə-rich) is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario and is the county seat of Huron County.The town was founded by John Galt and William "Tiger" Dunlop of the Canada Company in 1827. [2]
Its southern boundary is the Maitland River between Goderich and Auburn. The eastern border is Huron Road 22, from Auburn north to Huron Road 86 near Whitechurch. Huron Road 86 is generally the northern border of Ashfield–Colborne–Wawanosh except for the Lucknow community limits which are in Bruce County. [3]
The county seat is Goderich, also the county's largest community. The population reported in the 2021 Census for this predominantly agricultural area with many villages and small towns was 61,366 in a land area of 3,398 square kilometres. [1] Of the total population, 7,881 reside in Goderich. [2]
Town of Blind River; Town of Bruce Mines; Dubreuilville Township; City of Elliot Lake; Hilton Township; Village of Hilton Beach; Hornepayne Township; Huron Shores Township; Jocelyn Township ...
Map of Guelph, 1855. The founding was symbolized by the felling of a tree by Galt and William "Tiger" Dunlop, who would be significant in the history of Goderich, Ontario, on April 23, 1827. [20] [21] That was St. George's Day, the feast day of the patron saint of England. The name Guelph comes, via the Italian Guelfo, from the Bavarian Welf.
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Map showing the trails system in the wider region. The 127-km line between Guelph and Goderich was abandoned by the CPR in 1988. The Province of Ontario purchased the land shortly thereafter with the intention of protecting an infrastructure corridor. The original plan was to build a water supply pipeline from Lake Huron to Guelph.
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