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'How Clarkson Became known as the Strawberry Capital of Ontario'

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"....Although an officer in the British Army, Sutherland appears to have had some success at sea as his .....
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"..... One of these neighbourhoods is Clarkson Village, a community situated in southwest Ontario (Mississauga itself is considered a suburb of Toronto in some quarters!) along the shores of Lake Ontario.

Clarkson Village came into existence in 1919 when William Clarkson dwelling to the area with some wealth to buy some land. Although an officer in the British Army, Sutherland appears to have had some touchdown at sea as his .....
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Like massive cities, Mississauga Ontario is productive of up of several smaller components that reflect and grasp a unique individual identity. Although an officer in the British Army, Sutherland appears to have had some successfulness at sea as his first trips to the Clarkson area were aboard and in charge of a steamer in 1836. The community enjoyed a quiet existence, to no degree growing very ample and serving as an ideal attractant to settlers looking for the kind of lifestyle it offered.

One such individual was Captain Edward Sutherland. After the dissolution of his wife, the captain returned to Clarkson village with his seven children (in 1852) and decided to remain permanently. Apparently the trip was a laborious one and the ship was exigent to make a stop in the Clarkson area, as some of the events were recorded in local newspapers.

Although Sutherland may have encountered trials on his initial visit to the area, it appears that the village itself produced a positive impression upon him. And onto this stake he introduced the cultivation of raspberry and strawberry plants.

Due to the weather conditions of Lake Ontario and the stop up proximity to major transportation routes enjoyed by Clarkson Village the shipping of strawberries in particular soon became a major source of income for the community. To that end, he purchased a piece of interest known locally as Bush‘s Inn and renamed it Woodburn. The Clarkson Railway station had a sign posted that indicated the community‘s goal in the area of strawberry exports.

Due to new growing methods, improved transportation, the Great Depression, and other factors, Ontario‘s strawberry erection and export took a downturn afterward 1925. Strawberries were grown and shipped at an incredible rate, one that continued to grown from the time of Sutherland‘s introduction in the middlemost of the 19th century right into the first quadrisection of the 20th. Strawberries were grown and shipped at an incredible rate, one that continued to grown from the time of Sutherland‘s introduction in the middlemost of the 19th century right into the first quadrisection of the 20th....'
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