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| Little Britain |
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Little Britain |
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| Motto: "Sports Capital of the Kawarthas" |
| Settled |
1834 |
| Government |
| - Mayor |
Barbara Kelly |
| - Councillor |
Donna Villemaire |
| Population (1986) |
| - City |
900 |
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Mostly Rural |
| Time zone |
Eastern Standard Time (UTC) |
| Postal Code |
K0M |
| Area code(s) |
705 |
Little Britain is a hamlet in the City of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada. It is located 15 km southwest of Lindsay, Ontario. Formerly a part of Mariposa Township and Victoria County, Little Britain is now part of Ward 8, City of Kawartha Lakes. Little Britain is a small agricultural village within ten km of the Trans-Canada Highway.
[edit] History
Little Britain was established in 1834 by a man named Harrison Haight. He built the first mill in Little Britain in 1837. This mill, which stood until 1910, took nearly the whole countryside to build. At the time, there was no road that led from Little Britain to Oakwood, located 5kms to the north. In 1850 Christians came and built the first church. They were followed by the Bible Church in 1852. The Post Office came in 1853.
Prominent characters of the time included Joseph Maunder's carriage and blacksmithing works, W.M Burden's carriage and blacksmithing works, Edwin Mark's foundry, Isaac Finley's steam roller flour mill and the Davidson's flour mill. The railway was brought into Lindsay around the turn of the century. This however, did little to advance Little Britain's economic output. In fact the population of Mariposa Township declined sharply between 1871-1920 from 3,132 to 2,231.
