"Land was slowly reclaimed from the forest"

"However disparate their origins [early settlers], and however different the imperatives that brought the first settlers, they all faced much the same problems once they were here.  For the majority, starting again in a new country meant first clearing a small patch of land upon which to grow enough food to stay alive."

~ John & Monica Ladell, Inheritance, Ontario's Century Farms Past & Present.  Macmillan of Canada, 1979.

Photo:  Mount Olivet, Haldimand County, lbw