About MyBolton.com
This website was created to provide
valuable information about the history of the village of Bolton, and
specifically to encourage you and your family to make Downtown Historic
Bolton a destination for discovering our rich history.
While you are visiting Historic
Downtown Bolton, we also hope you will visit and support our many Shops,
Restaurants
and other Businesses in the downtown core.
Interested in receiving special e-mail offers and discounts from downtown
shops and restaurants.
About Historic Downtown Bolton
Bolton is a bustling village located
in town of Caledon, Ontario. Its historic core is located in and around
the intersection of Highway 50 (Queen Street) and King Street. It's hard
to believe that for thousands of years preceding settlement, the hills
surrounding Bolton were inhabited by native Canadians, who frequently
passed through the area in their canoes.
With the arrival of James Bolton from Norfolk, England in 1818,
the area was transformed into the settlement of Bolton.
George Bolton, nephew to the founding settler, arrived in 1820
and shortly thereafter, a small grist mill site was selected and
constructed. The area quickly attracted new settlers and by 1840, the
village boasted 14 houses, 2 stores, blacksmiths, a shoemaker, a tailor
and a hotel.
Bolton’s Mill continued to prosper
while enduring more than its share of floods and fires throughout its
history. In 1872, it was
decided that the village of Bolton should become its own entity and it
separated from the township of Albion.
As such, Bolton’s first village council was elected in January
1873 with Lambert L. Bolton as its head.
In the years that followed, Bolton
was home to several prominent businesses including Walshaw Woolen Mills,
The Toronto, Grey & Bruce railway station, The Bolton Foundry, The
Albert Street School, The Enterprise, various hotels, The Imperial Bank
of Canada, and many more.
Today,
Bolton continues to attract new residents andbusinesses and continues to forge its identity along the banks of
scenic Humber River.
Click
here to discover our rich history by exploring the events that shaped
Historic Downtown Bolton.
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