Goderich, Canada Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Situated just 20km north of Bayfield at the mouth of the Maitland River, GODERICH is a delightful country town of eight thousand inhabitants that's saved from postcard prettiness by its working harbour. It began life in 1825, when the British-owned Canada Company bought two and a half million acres of southern Ontario – the Huron Tract – from the government at the ridiculously low rate of twelve cents an acre, amid rumours of bribery and corruption. Eager to profit on their investment, the company pushed the Huron Road through from Cambridge in the east to Goderich in the west, an extraordinary … more »