Moorefield, Ontario

Moorefield is a community in Southern Ontario, located within the Wellington County township of Mapleton.

The founder of Moorefield, Richard C. Moore, was the son of a Baptist missionary who came to Canada for the purpose of establishing a church and converts in North America. Richard, as well as his brother Rev. George C. Moore, had involvement in various business ventures in the area. The family had moved to the new township of Maryborough in the 1850s and had established a church which the town was built around.^[1]

The earliest property deed listed for St. John's Anglican Church, Moorefield, is dated 23 July 1859 (Ledger A, begun in 1883),^[2] so it can be seen that the town grew with some rapidity, with a diversity of religion-since the founder of the town was strongly Baptist.

Pigeon King International Scam

Moorefield held the largest business development office of Pigeon King International, which become infamous as a result of its crash in 2008. The company was believed to be operating on a Ponzi scheme that had people buy into the company through the purchase of pigeon chicks, with the promise that all future chicks would be purchased. On December 5, 2013, Arlan Galbraith, the founder of Pigeon King International, was found guilty of criminal fraud and two Bankruptcy Act offences (obtaining money by false representation and failure to attend first meeting of creditors).^[3] He was sentenced to seven and a half years.^[4]

Reg Holinshead

The assistant coach for the 2007 Bantam Team Ontario lacrosse team in the Canadian National Tournament, Reg Holinshead, is a resident of Moorefield. Reg played his minor lacrosse in Huntsville, as well as playing for their Junior B team. Reg played for Jim Bishop and the Green Gaels in the 1970s and was selected to the Junior A All-Star team in 1978.^[5]