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Amabel TownshipA map of Amabel Township can be found on the Bruce County GenWeb website. Amabel Township was named after a relative of Sir Edmund Walker Head, who was Governor General of British North America from 1854 to 1861. Amabel Township Places
Amabel Township Notable PeopleWilliam Wilfred Campbell was a poet who spent part of his childhood and some of his working life in Wiarton. He was also a teacher, Anglican minister and civil servant. His best known poem is Indian Summer. Alexander McNeill was the member of Parliament for North Bruce from 1881 to 1901. He lived at the Corran, near Wiarton. BibliographyAn Intimate Picture of Wilfred Campbell by his daughter, Faith L. Malloch. Selected Poetry of William Wilfred Campbell, Department of English, University of Toronto. Alexander McNeill: A Political Life by Allan Bartley, 1990. Amicus No. 14041478. At the Crossroads: A History of Hepworth: With Anecdotes and Reminiscences by William D. Stewart, 2003. Amicus No. 28861271. Generations of Love: The Story of Zion-Amabel United Church, 1889-1989 by the Zion-Amabel Historical Society, 1989. Amicus No. 8963646. Green Meadows and Golden Sands: The History of Amabel Township 1851 - 1982 by the Amabel Township Historical Society, 1984. Amicus No. 5149889. History of the County of Bruce by Norman Robertson, 1906. Available online. The History of St. John's United Church, Wiarton, Ontario, 1889-1989 by the Centennial Book Committee, 1990. Amicus No. 10690339. History of Wiarton and District by James Percy Sims and Mrs. Charles Preston, 1961. Amicus No. 34377. Oliphant and Its Islands, Lake Huron: Historical and Descriptive Sketches by Irene Monkman and Roy Fleming, 1912. Amicus No. 6444415. Postcards from the Bay is an online glimpse into the history of Colpoy's Bay and Wiarton.
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