Cayuga is a village in the province of Ontario, Canada located at the intersection of Highway 3 and Munsee Street and along the Grand River in Haldimand County. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Highway 3 is a provincially maintained Highway in southwestern Ontario, Canada. Haldimand ( 2006 population 45212 is a single-tier municipality (but called a county on the Niagara Peninsula in Cayuga is about a 20 minute drive from Lake Erie and 30 minutes south of Hamilton and consequently it has some cottages and recreational properties in the area. Lake Erie (ˈɪəriː is the fourth largest Lake (by surface area of the five Great Lakes, and the tenth largest globally Hamilton (ˈhæməltən ( 2006 population 504559 UA population 647634 CMA population In the past there was some light industry but it now largely forms a satellite community for Hamilton. It has the local district detachment for the Ontario Provincial Police. The Ontario Provincial Police ( OPP) is the Provincial Police force for the province of Ontario, Canada. It is also uniquely located among larger communities on both the American and Canadian sides of the border boasting television reception from Toronto, Buffalo, New York, Hamilton, Kitchener and Erie, Pennsylvania. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Buffalo (ˈbʌfəloʊ is the second largest city in New York State. The City of Kitchener (ˈkɪtʃɨnɚ is a City in southwestern Ontario, Canada.
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History
- See also: Indiana, Ontario
It was incorporated in 1859 as county seat for Haldimand County because of its central location. Indiana is an old village site -- a Ghost town -- now within the precincts of the Ruthven Park National Historic Site, 1 km north of Cayuga, in Haldimand Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common It is named after the Cayuga, one of the Six Nations of the Grand River Indians who were awarded land in the area for siding with the British in the American Revolution. Six Nations of the Grand River is the name applied to two contiguous Indian reserves southeast of Brantford Ontario, Canada &ndash Six Nations reserve The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" As the county seat, it is the location of the Court House, jail and a museum. In the late 1700s and early 1800s, public hangings were held in the court yard and the prisoners buried on site. The Highway 3 bridge over the Grand River (Cayuga Bridge) is a very well recognized bridge over the grand river and is commonly used as a symbol of Haldimand County and the Grand River.
The village's population grew to about 2500 in the mid-1800s because the Grand River was an important commercial route. There were locks constructed at Indiana just north of Cayuga. However when the Welland Canal was completed, the Grand became an obsolete route. The Welland Canal is a Ship canal that runs 42 km (270 Miles from Port Colborne Ontario on Lake Erie to Port Further, an impassable dam was built down river from Cayuga at Dunnville. Dunnville is a town in southern Ontario of approximately 13000 about 45 minutes from Niagara Falls, Hamilton, Fort Erie and Buffalo New Although originally part of the Welland Canal, the purpose of the dam and a canal at Port Maitland is to keep the level of the Welland Canal consistent. There is also a Port Maitland in the province of Nova Scotia; see Port Maitland Nova Scotia. Presently the population of Cayuga has recovered to approximately 1500 after having been around 1000 for almost a century.
Demographics
Cayugans are overwhelmingly British by national background but many can trace their roots to an original German settlement near Cayuga in the 1800s. The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as There was also a large Dutch migration to the area after the Second World War. The Dutch people ( Dutch:) are the dominant Ethnic group of the Netherlands. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including
Landmarks
Cayuga is also home to an underground house located just west of the Grand River.
The main office of the Haldimand press is located in Cayuga also.
Previously the New York Central Railroad went through Cayuga but the track has been torn up. The New York Central Railroad, known simply as the New York Central in its publicity was a Railroad operating in the Northeastern United States.
One of the termini for the Underground Railway was St. Catharines, Ontario, which is about 45 minutes north east of Cayuga. The Underground Railroad was an informal network of secret routes and Safe houses used by 19th century Black slaves in the United States Harriet Tubman's nephew Lorne Barnes was the barber in Cayuga and was held out to the still enslaved as an example of the success to be found by escaping to Canada. Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross; c 1820 – 10 March 1913 was an African-American Abolitionist, Humanitarian, and Union
There is a national bank and a credit union in town along with a United Church of Canada (Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational), an Anglican Church and a Catholic Church. The United Church of Canada was founded in 1925 as a merger of four Christian denominations two thirds of the Presbyterian Church in Canada (then the largest Canadian Protestant See also Anglicanism The Anglican Communion is an international association of national Anglican churches Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete".
The main street has a rural brick charm to it and many older houses reflecting the prosperous past still stand. It very much retains its small town character. Uniquely isolated for years by the Six Nations Indian Reservation to the North and the Lake to the South, it has its own independent atmosphere and does not feel attached to any one larger community.
Noteworthy people
In 1939, Helen Alice Kinnear, the first woman Superior Court judge in the British Empire was appointed to sit in Cayuga. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Helen Alice Kinnear ( May 6, 1894 - 1970 was a Canadian Lawyer. The British Empire was the largest empire in history and for over a century was the foremost global power. [1]
Cayuga is also known for producing a couple of noteworthy NHL hockey players. The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America Both Marty McSorley [2] and Ray Emery [2]grew up playing minor league hockey in Cayuga. Martin James McSorley (born May 18, 1963 is a Canadian former Professional hockey player in the National Hockey League and former Head Raymond "Ray" Emery (born September 28 1982 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a professional Ice hockey Goaltender, currently playing for
Attractions
In more recent years Cayuga has become known for auto racing. The oldest continually operating drag strip in Canada and the fastest high bank oval race track in Canada, are located near the townsite; Cayuga International Speedway. For the Transformers character see Drag Strip. A dragstrip is a facility for conducting Automobile and Motorcycle acceleration events such See also Sports venues in Hamilton Ontario, List of attractions in Hamilton Ontario The Cayuga Speedway, also known as the Cayuga 2000 Speedway It is a 5/8-mile oval auto racing track, which recently underwent major renovations. [3] The drag strip was originally a runway built for training British Commonwealth pilots during the Second World War. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including
Just north of Cayuga is Ruthven Park. This is a 1500 acre (6 km²) Canadian National Historic Site centered by the Thompson Mansion, which was the summer home of the Thompson family who owned the steamship lines on the Grand River when it was a commercial route. It is a magnificent Greek Revival style mansion which is open for tours during the summer. The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries predominantly in northern Europe and the United States
Cayuga Golf Club, is a public 18-hole golf course located 5km west of Cayuga.
References
- ^ Famous Canadian Women on Postage Stamps: Helen Kinnear. Retrieved on 2007-12-10. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V
- ^ a b Cole, Stephen (2006). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Canadian Hockey Atlas. Doubleday Canada. ISBN 978-0-385-66093-8 (0-385-66093-6).
- ^ New owners give Cayuga International Speedway its old name. Hamilton Scores!. Retrieved on 2007-12-10. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V
External links
- Cayuga Speedway's Official Website
- Cayuga International Speedway Redevelopment Cooper Construction Ltd. retained for redevelopment of Cayuga International Speedway
- Ruthven Park: National Historic Site
- Cayuga Golf Club
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