![]() ![]() ![]() The Bruce Peninsula was later returned to Bruce in 1851. the remaining townships of Huron County.The townships were distributed as follows:ĭistribution of the townships of the United Counties of Huron, Perth and Bruce (1850) From Legislation passed later in the same session of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada provided for the county to be reconstituted as the United Counties of Huron, Perth and Bruce, with the territory of the Bruce Peninsula withdrawn and annexed to Waterloo County. The District (which existed for judicial and municipal purposes) was abolished at the beginning of 1850. Huron County was continued for electoral purposes in 1845, and the District was extended northwards as far as the Bruce Peninsula in 1846. The District itself came into being in October 1841. The county was extended northward in 1840, upon the survey of a new range of townships on its northern boundary, beginning with Ashfield Township, and later including Wawanosh, Morris, Grey and Elma. Legislation was passed by the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada in 1838 to authorize the separation of the county from the London District and constitute it as the Huron District. ![]()
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