Bobcaygeon, Ontario - Definition

Bobcaygeon is a village in Ontario, Canada.

Known as the "Hub of the Kawarthas," it is part of the amalgamated City of Kawartha Lakes.

Founding

In 1833, shortly after the settlement of this region began. Thomas Need settled here at "Bobcaygeon". The narrows between Sturgeon and Pigeon Lakes. When the government began the construction in that year of a small lock and canal, Need surveyed a village plot, which was named Rokeby by Lieutenant-Governer Sir John Colborne but was still commonly called Bobcaygeon. Need later opened a store and erected a sawmill and a grist-mill. By 1857 the community contained only 150 inhabitants, but subsequently its growth was stimulated by the construction of the Bobcaygeon Colonization Road and by the development of the large lumbering business of Mossom Boyd and his son. Bobcaygeon, with a population of about 1,000 was incorporated as a Village by a Victoria County By-law of 1876.

External links

• Village of Bobcaygeon (http://www.kawartha.net/~bobcom/)
• Bobcaygeon Chamber of Commerce (http://www.bobcaygeon.org/)
• Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger (http://www.galenfrysinger.com/bobcaygeon_ontatio.htm)

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