Lindsay History

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History

The Township of Ops was surveyed in 1825 by Colonel Duncan McDonell and Lots 20 and 21 in the 5th Concession were reserved for a town site. The same year settlers began to come to the region and by 1827, the Purdy's, an American family, built a dam on the Scugog River at the site of present-day Lindsay. The following year they built a sawmill and in 1830, a grist mill was constructed.


With the arrival of the Port Hope Railway in 1857, the town saw a period of rapid development and industrial growth. June 19, 1857 Lindsay was formally incorporated as a town. However, in 2001 Lindsay's town government was officially dissolved and merged, with Victoria County into the new City of Kawartha Lakes. Some local groups have attempted, thus far unsuccessfully, to de-amalgamate the City and restore Victoria County to its previous status since that time.