9/16/2023 0 Comments Township of woodbridge![]() Woodbridge itself, however, did not begin to take the form of a settlement or village until the arrival of Rowland Burr in 1837. Another nearby settlement to the south, known as Brownsville, came into being around a mill run by John Brown on the Humber River on what is today Wallace Street in the original Woodbridge village. A scattering of houses arose around Smith's mill (later Hayhoe Mills), Smith's mill later became known as Smithsville, and then Pine Grove. During the early half the 19th century, a school was built on Vaughan's eighth concession and a flour mill and store flourished. Woodbridge had its beginnings in what is today Pine Grove. The community had its origins with the British Crown granting the west half of lots six and seven, concession 7 of Vaughan Township to Jacob Philips and Hugh Cameron in 1802. CPR Woodbridge station, circa 1910 Barn raising near present-day Highway 27 and Langstaff Road
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