Laxton, Digby and Longford Township, Ontario
- Laxton, Digby and Longford Township, Ontario
The United Townships of Laxton, Digby and Longford is a former municipality in the north end of the former County of Victoria, now the City of Kawartha Lakes.
Longford Geographic Township is a unique geographic situation in that the entire township is wholly owned by Longford Reserve Limited.
Longford Township, in the former County of Victoria was surveyed in 1861 by Brookes Wright Gossage, as one of ten townships sold to the Canadian Land and Emigration Company. Longford was the only one of the townships within Victoria County. In 1867 John Thomson purchased by auction, the right to cut timber in the township, from the Canadian Land and Emigration Company, to supply timber for his mill at Longford Mills, named for the township. Thomson later purchased the township, outright from the Company.
The old Digby fire tower was situated on rocky outcropping straight north of the village of Uphill where the old fire trail used to be. The area is mostly swamp these days, but can be accessed on a newer private road to the west.
Communities:
*Norland, Ontario
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