Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Peel, Ont.

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Contains additional county maps of Halton, Brant, Wentworth, Lincoln and Welland, as well as township plans, town and village plans, map of the new province of Manitoba, etc. Maps show roads, rivers, railways, and pioneer buildings like churches, schoolhouses, mills, blacksmith shops, cheese factories and post offices. Property owners' names on lots. While Malton, Streetsville, Brampton, and Orangeville are well-known communities, place names such as Palestine, Britannia, Campbells Cross, Shoemberg, Bellfountain, and Mount Wolfe may be less familiar. A look at Peel while it was rural, not part of an ever-expanding metropolis. Show more