Canada Company
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The Canada Company was a private British land development company that was established to aid in the colonization of a large part of Upper Canada. It was incorporated by royal charter on August 19, 18
Historic emblazonment of the company's arms
Plan of the town of Goderich, Upper Canada, which was founded by the Canada Company, 1829
The Canada Company's office in Toronto, 1834
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada Plaque. Erected 1929.
Anthony Van Egmond
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Anthony Van Egmond was purportedly a Dutch Napoleonic War veteran. He became one of the first settlers and business people in the Huron Tract in present-day southwestern Ontario Canada. Van Egmond bec
Huron Tract Purchase area, located in southern Ontario, highlighted in yellow