Delta, Ontario

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Delta is a small town located in Southern Ontario, Canada. The town is located near the towns of Lyndhurst and Athens. The town has a rich history as stated in the paragraph below from The Delta Mill .

"The year 1796 saw the first settlers in Stevenstown; settlers who came from Vermont with Elder Abel Stevens following the Revolutionary War. After several name changes, this community with destiny became Delta. On a rich and fertile delta beside Lower Beverley Lake, Delta's 'raison d'etre' was the dam constructed on a local creek to power its mills. As a consequence, an artificial lake called Upper Beverley was created. By the early 1800's, this community was a flourishing farming and industrial village. Over the decades Delta provided a growing number of sites for pioneer trades and crafts, including general stores, a variety of smiths, hotels, a tannery, distillery, brickyard, foundry, cheese factory, carriage works, newspaper, and among others, even a hospital. Many of these early structures, the skills and talents they housed and the families they homed have been lost. But fortunately a significant number of buildings remain to illustrate the life of a busy and prosperous community. As well, many customs remain. For example, the annual Delta Fair is a thriving tradition that dates back to 1830. The 20th and 21st centuries have brought many changes to Delta as to other communities across Eastern Ontario; a shift from an agricultural to a tourism economy, from a rural to an urban way of life.

The Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee endeavours with this Walking Tour to illustrate a variety of architectural influences reflected in the buildings of Delta. Amble casually with us. Imagine the ring of the mason's hammer, the whripp of the carpenter's saw, the humming of mills, business being done, the laughter and tears of family and village life as it was a century or two ago.

Take a stroll along Court St. and visit Lower Beverley Lake Township Park and its excellent facilities for camping, picnicking, swimming, its areas for games, and its trails for walking. Savour-the cooling summer breezes from Lower Beverley Lake. So did weary travellers by the trainload who. disembarked from the Sunday excursion of the B.W.& S.S.M.R.R. a century ago. The Brockville, Westport & Sault Ste. Marie Rail Road was a ribbon of steel that revolutionized travel and life in North Leeds in 1888. But why was Sault Ste. Marie to be the end of its line? Ask a local citizen. Start a conversation."