Caledonia is a community located on the Grand River in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
The Oneida village plot originally contained 16 acres and was named after the township where it began.
Completed in 1835, the dams made water power available with the accompanying lock, and excavation finished early in the following year.
Official deeds to the lands early settlers occupied were not provided until 1850; however, they did have bills of sale.
In 1846, David Thompson of Ruthven became the first Member of Parliament for Haldimand County and died in office five years later in 1851.
In the succeeding by-election, Ranald McKinnon ran for office but was ultimately defeated by William Lyon MacKenzie.
McQuarry, Thorburn and Monroe went bankrupt by 1880, and the Caledonia Mill was taken over by Robert Shirra, which remained active until 1960.
As new technology made the train station rather obsolete, it fell into a sad state of disrepair.
The land at the centre of the dispute in Caledonia covers 40 hectares, which Henco Industries Ltd. planned to develop as a residential subdivision to be known as the Douglas Creek Estates.
It is part of the 385,000-hectare plot of land originally known as the "Haldimand Tract",[4] which was granted, in 1784, by the Crown to the Six Nations of the Grand River, for their use in settlement.
He ran for Haldimand County's member of parliament as a conservative when the predecessor died in office in 1851 but lost the election.
After several financial setbacks due to numerous of his business ventures burning down, McKinnon found himself in hard times.
One of the last acts of his life was about 1875, when he attempted to have a steel bridge replace the pre-existing wooden one.
The current mayor of Haldimand County is Shelly Ann Bentley, and the elected councillor for Ward 3 (Caledonia) is Dan Lawrence.
Previous to the town hall's construction, council meetings were held at the house of John Campbell (the local inn) and in other makeshift quarters.
At the time of its completion, John Scott was the Reeve of Caledonia, James Aldridge was the town clerk, and Thomas Belford was the constable and keeper.
The town hall was built by Mr. John Turner, a British immigrant who was residing in Brantford at the time.
The building currently houses the Edinburgh Square Heritage and Culture Centre, a museum preserving the local area's history.
At the Fair, one can find a collection of farm animals, local art pieces and cooking all on display.
[18] The night, typically in the later half of November, is when the town's Christmas lights are turned on and celebrated in the Caledonia fair grounds where the children meet Santa Claus.
They played in the Golden Horseshoe Conference of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League in 2023 but ultimately lost the final game against Hamilton 4 to 0.
They became a Junior B team when the Brantford Eagles were transplanted, renamed and replaced the original Caledonia Corvairs (1961–2012).
Additionally, a youth basketball league, Haldimand Huskies, operates using the McKinnon Park Secondary School gym.
It currently features 3, 9-hole courses for a total of 27 holes of varying difficulties and can be found at 4925 Highway 6, Caledonia, ON.