Hamlet of Indiana ~

Site of Several Mills on the Grand River, Indiana

Indiana grew from the saw and flour mills and distillery built by Director of the Grand River Navigation Company, David Thompson.

"The Towing-path from its commencement near Cayuga to Indiana is finished." ~ An Engineer's Report from 1835, included in Bruce Emerson Hill's book, The Grand River Navigation Company.

Remnants of the Canal & Towing Path Remain

"The inland cut from Indiana to Dam No. 1, is finished."  Indiana had a population of over two hundred and fifty people and was the site of seven mills, a lumber camp and saw mill, a stove factory, a pail factory, two distilleries as well as other businesses."  [As well as several pubs, we are told.]  A fire in the hamlet threateded its existence in July, 1857.

*Brant Historical Society, 1994, Image Quest, printing by Brant Service Press.