Cavan Monaghan

This article is about the Ontario municipality. For the parliamentary constituency in Ireland, see Cavan–Monaghan (Dáil Éireann constituency).

Cavan Monaghan
Township (lower-tier)
Township of Cavan Monaghan
Municipal office in Cavan Municipal office in Cavan
Cavan Monaghan
Coordinates:
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
County	Peterborough
Settled	1817
Amalgamated	1998
Government
• Type	Township
• Mayor	Scott McFadden
• Federal riding	Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock
• Prov. riding	Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock
Area
• Land	306.22 km2 (118.23 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	8,601
• Density	28.1/km2 (73/sq mi)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code	L0A 1G0
Area code(s)	705
Website	www.cavanmonaghan.net

Cavan Monaghan (known as Cavan-Millbrook-North Monaghan until 2007) is a township in Peterborough County in central-eastern Ontario, Canada, 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of the city of Peterborough.

History

The original townships of Cavan and Monaghan were surveyed by John Deyell in 1817, and were named after County Cavan and County Monaghan in Ireland, from which many of its settlers had emigrated. By 1819, there were 244 settlers, and by 1861 the population had risen to 4,901, many of whom were descendants of United Empire Loyalists, veterans of the War of 1812 who had been granted land there, or the original and later settlers from Ireland. After Confederation in 1867, the population began to drop as many families left for Western Canada.

The original Irish settlers were Protestants, and many of them were associated with the Orange Order. In the mid-19th century the "Cavan Blazers" were established as a fiercely Protestant vigilante group, who often burned down the farms of Catholic settlers.

The Township of Cavan and the Village of Millbrook became part of Peterborough County in 1974, and were amalgamated, along with North Monaghan, into one township — Cavan-Millbrook-North Monaghan — in 1998. In 2007, the township was renamed Cavan Monaghan, as many thought the older name was too long.

Communities

The township comprises the communities of Carmel, Cavan, Cedar Valley, Fraserville, Ida, Millbrook, Mount Pleasant, South Monaghan, Springville and Tapley. None are incorporated and a couple are relegated to just names on a map as cars made transportation easier and service areas concentrated in fewer nodes.

File:Millbrook ON.JPG Millbrook

File:Ida ON.jpg Ida

Millbrook

Millbrook is the township's largest and main population centre. It has been a filming location for several movie productions. Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (a 2011 CBC production), The Music Man, Ice Princess, The Town Christmas Forgot and A History of Violence were filmed in the town. In the latter film, Millbrook was depicted as the fictional town of Millbrook, Indiana.

The political cartoonist Sam Hunter was born and raised in Millbrook, and Juno Award-winning singer/songwriter Serena Ryder grew up there.

See also

• List of townships in Ontario
• List of correctional facilities in Ontario Ontario Licence Plates were made at the Millbrook Correctional Centre, 1974-2003.

External links

• Township of Cavan-Monaghan