Erchless / Chisholm Estate
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yorelken
N 43° 26.509 W 079° 39.991
17T E 607908 N 4810743
An old estate in Oakville, now housing a musuem.
Waymark Code: WMHND
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 07/18/2006
Views: 65
From the Musuem website:
"Oakville Museum at Erchless Estate is a four-acre estate home and gardens set on the shores of Lake Ontario in downtown Oakville. The Museum preserves and interprets the town’s history through the heritage and home of Oakville’s founding family, the Chisholms. The Town of Oakville owes its existence to the vision of Colonel William Chisholm (1788-1842), an enterprising merchant and shipbuilder. In 1827, he bought 960 acres of land from the Crown at the mouth of the Sixteen Mile Creek on Lake Ontario to establish a port, shipbuilding yard and the village of Oakville."
Link to Property in The Ontario Properties Database: [Web Link]
Building or Property Type: Residential Building
County or Regional Municipality: Halton
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