Port Talbot, Ontario

Port Talbot, Ontario

Port Talbot, Ontario was the name of a community located west of Port Stanley, Ontario where Talbot Creek flows into Lake Erie.The village was the original commercial nucleus for the settlement which developed on 5,000 acres (20 km²) of land granted to Thomas Talbot in 1800 by the Crown along the northwestern shore of Lake Erie. The community was burned in 1814 by invading U.S. forces, in a series of raids during the War of 1812 and never rebuilt.

Reference

[http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=600534 The Talbot Regime]

ee also

* Talbot Trail


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