Blayney, Ontario

Blayney is a hamlet in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada that is in between Pine Grove and Green's Corners.

Blayney's earliest known inhabitants, from around the year 1000 until approximately 300–350 years later, were the Algonquin nation. They were noted flint-workers and evidence of their skill in crafting arrowheads is still to be found in open worked field areas surrounding the village. The next wave of inhabitants were the Attawandaron nation, the Neutrals, who occupied the region from about 1350 until their absorption by the Iroquois in the year 1651. The last significant native nation to occupy the area was the Mississaugas.

In 2001, Haldimand-Norfolk was dissolved into two separate single-tier counties. Blayney became part of the newly formed County of Norfolk.

Summary

Established prior to 1920, it is considered to be one of Norfolk County's lost hamlets. It once hosted its own post office and general store before they were burnt down sometime after 1920.[1]

There is no commerce and agriculture is the main industry. The hamlet is formed on the crossroads of Yuell Road and Regional Road 1 (known locally as McDowell Road). On Yuell Road South, there is a house that is almost completely underground. To the northwest is Delhi and to the southeast is Walsh. The nearest gas station is in Pine Grove. Groceries, toiletries, and clothing are purchased from either Simcoe, Delhi, or Tillsonburg.

Students here go to Walsh Public School for their elementary/junior high education and either Delhi District Secondary School, Valley Heights Secondary School, or Simcoe Composite School for their high school education.

There are currently plans for Rick Danko, a local musician, to have a historical plaque dedicated to him near his childhood home.[2] He performed on a 4 string tenor banjo shortly after entering grade 1.[3] As a child, Danko was hyperactive, but was diagnosed in an era before Ritalin became mainstream.[4] Antidepressants were given to children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder from the late 1940s to the late 1950s because psychostimulant drug weren't handed out to hyperactive children until the early 1960s.

References

  1. ↑ Letters to the editor - June 1, 2010 at Simcoe Reformer
  2. ↑ Commemoration planned for Norfolk member of The Band at The Simcoe Reformer
  3. ↑ "Fuller Up The Dead Musician Directory". The Dead Musician Directory. Copied from an article posted in the newsgroup rec.music.dylan by Mike Fink. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
  4. ↑ Rick Danko's Last Interview at All-Music Guide
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