Gypsum, one of Haldimand's First Industries

Jean Farquharson will speak today at The York Grand River Historical Society.  For the book, Stories Along the Grand*, Jean researched and wrote the chapter on the gypsum mines.  The first mine opened in 1842.  A flourishing little settlement grew up, the only one in Ontario dependent exclusively on gypsum mining.  The village of Gypsum Mines was three miles south of Cayuga on River Rd. (#17) consisted of a post office, various general stores, sawmills, blacksmith shops and a log school house.
Everyone welcome.  2:00 p.m. today, Tuesday, November 20, Caledonia, in the lodge opposite Tim Hortons beside the railway track, Hwy 6.

~ * Published by the YGRHS, 2010.