Priceville, Ontario
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Priceville is a small village
in the southwest corner of the Municipality of Grey Highlands Grey County
, Ontario
, Canada
. Priceville is located on Grey Road 4, east of Durham
and southwest of Flesherton
. The village is very attractive due to the rolling topography, the meandering Saugeen River and the well preserved and restored old buildings.
Settlement of the village site began about 1850 by Gaelic speaking Scottish people(1). If you stroll through the pioneer cemetery, you will see that nearly all of the early residents were of Scottish origin.
For a small village, Priceville has many amenities. There is a park on the Saugeen river with a picnic area, swimming and fishing opportunities and a good place to launch a canoe or kayak for a trip down the river. The village also has a great toboggan hill, a sports park, an outdoor skating rink and a children's playground. Events include a biennial Santa Claus parade with 40 floats or more, an annual antique car and tractor show and a July 1st Canada Day Celebration with a musical concert and fireworks that attract thousands of visitors each year. Priceville also has what has been called the prettiest post office in Ontario.
Before development started in Priceville, African-Americans had already established a small settlement along Old Durham Road (now Durham Road B) east of the village. Here they built a log school, a log church and established a cemetery (2,3). Many of these early settlers later moved to Collingwood or Owen Sound. All that remains to commemorate this community is a cairn and refurbished grave site at the intersection of County Road 14 and Durham Road B some three kilometers east of Priceville.
References:
1. Priceville and Its Root/Routes (page 164), Priceville (and Area) Historical Society
ISBN: 0-9696807-0-8
2. Interview with Mrs. J. MacLachlan a long time resident of Priceville with an African American great grandfather.
3. Split Rail Country, A History of Artemesia Township (pages 437-445) ISBN: 9-9692578-0-5
This publication includes the registration of lots in Aretemesia Twp., now part of Grey Highlands. The locations of the African American school, the church and the cemetery are listed as well as lots registered to African American settlers.
Village
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in the southwest corner of the Municipality of Grey Highlands Grey County
Grey County, Ontario
Grey County is a county and census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. The county seat is in Owen Sound. The population was 92,411 in 2006. It is located in the subregion of Southern Ontario named Southwestern Ontario...
, Ontario
Ontario
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, Canada
Canada
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. Priceville is located on Grey Road 4, east of Durham
Durham, Ontario
Durham is a community in the municipality of West Grey, Grey County, Ontario, Canada. Durham is located near the base of the Bruce Peninsula.-Location:...
and southwest of Flesherton
Flesherton, Ontario
Flesherton is a community in the Municipality of Grey Highlands, in Grey County, Ontario, Canada, located at the junction of Highway 10 and Grey County Road 4...
. The village is very attractive due to the rolling topography, the meandering Saugeen River and the well preserved and restored old buildings.
Settlement of the village site began about 1850 by Gaelic speaking Scottish people(1). If you stroll through the pioneer cemetery, you will see that nearly all of the early residents were of Scottish origin.
For a small village, Priceville has many amenities. There is a park on the Saugeen river with a picnic area, swimming and fishing opportunities and a good place to launch a canoe or kayak for a trip down the river. The village also has a great toboggan hill, a sports park, an outdoor skating rink and a children's playground. Events include a biennial Santa Claus parade with 40 floats or more, an annual antique car and tractor show and a July 1st Canada Day Celebration with a musical concert and fireworks that attract thousands of visitors each year. Priceville also has what has been called the prettiest post office in Ontario.
Before development started in Priceville, African-Americans had already established a small settlement along Old Durham Road (now Durham Road B) east of the village. Here they built a log school, a log church and established a cemetery (2,3). Many of these early settlers later moved to Collingwood or Owen Sound. All that remains to commemorate this community is a cairn and refurbished grave site at the intersection of County Road 14 and Durham Road B some three kilometers east of Priceville.
References:
1. Priceville and Its Root/Routes (page 164), Priceville (and Area) Historical Society
ISBN: 0-9696807-0-8
2. Interview with Mrs. J. MacLachlan a long time resident of Priceville with an African American great grandfather.
3. Split Rail Country, A History of Artemesia Township (pages 437-445) ISBN: 9-9692578-0-5
This publication includes the registration of lots in Aretemesia Twp., now part of Grey Highlands. The locations of the African American school, the church and the cemetery are listed as well as lots registered to African American settlers.