Ball's Falls, Ontario
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Ball's Falls, Ontario, is ghost town that dates back to the early 1800s. John and George Ball were among the soldiers who received land for remaining loyal to Britain during the American Revolutionary War. 1200 acres (4.9 km²) of land was awarded to the Ball brothers in October 1807. By 1809, they had already built a grist mill at the lower falls, and a saw mill was located at the higher falls.
To ship the flour ground by the mill the industrious brothers created a coopers shop to produce barrels, followed by a blacksmith's shop to produce hoops for the barrels. By the 1840s, the area became known as Glen Elgin and included a five story mill for processing wool, two lime kilns and other industries.
In the 1850s, the Great Western Railway siphoned all further commerce away from Glen Elgin, and the town was gradually abandoned. In 1962, Manly Ball sold an area of 110 acres (0.45 km²) to the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority.
