I’ve always had a fascination with history and thankfully, my
real estate career often leads me to discovering interesting
things about South Georgian Bays past. Not long ago, I listed a
house for sale in Thornbury that quite fascinated me. It has
been in the same family since the 1930’s and according to
stories handed down over the generations, may be one of the
oldest structures in the blue Mountains. That got me to
wondering how old is old? I trodded off to the library between
appointments one day and found a few books discussing the
history of the area. In general, the land we know as Grey County
was first occupied by the Native peoples of the Huron, Petun,
and other nations. As the years go by, we are learning more and
more about these times as artifacts and ruins are uncovered and
preserved. But I digress. As we know, these lands were
eventually acquired by the British and it turns out that the
first two townships surveyed in the area were Collingwood and
St. Vincent. This led to colonization, mail road