History
In the words of Beverley Knight Stodgell
In about
1947, Mary and ‘Bud’ (Harry W) Knight were looking for property as a weekend
place to take their 3 children. Mary had roots in this area. Ancestors, the
Snells came to settle in what is now Snelgrove. Mary’s maternal grandmother’s
family were settled in Caledon where her grand father the Reverend Alexander
McFaul was the first minister at Knox United Church in Caledon for 32 years.
Harry W (Bud) Knight, was President of Draper Dobie and Company a Stock
Brokerage purchased by his father Harry W Knight Sr. They were very successful
in finding mines across Canada and Ireland and raising capital to finance them.
Draper Dobie was sold to Dominion Securities shortly after Bud died at the early
age of 53 in 1965.
They found 120 acres at 1st line 5 Sideroad in Caledon which had the stone house
and a barn and bought it. It was good and sturdy but had no heat or indoor
plumbing. Over the years improvements were made, a furnace, a bathroom, a
swimming pool and everyone loved it. Then in 1956 they decided to build what is
referred to as ‘the big house’. Beverley decided that it would be nice to be
married there in June the following year having no thoughts about how our
parents would pull this off because not only were they building a house but
putting in the lake as well. This was no mean feat as the creek was there to
bring in the needed water but the sides were woven by a group of Germans by hand
using willow branches which were to grow into the sides to keep the sides from
caving in and this was painstaking work, Because she was the first married she
was given the little stone house. Betsy was next and they built her the Cedar
House. Then David and Susan were married and their house went up. Both of those
houses have had additions since then. Each house has it’s own uniquely beautiful
view. The swimming pool was rebuilt, the tennis court constructed, a driving
shed to house and service the machinery, the second pond was put in and stocked
and the compound was complete; The Knights, 3 married children and 10
grandchildren. It was an idyllic place for everyone, as they all fortunately
really enjoyed each other and were able to have their own houses. Later 2 more
packages of land were purchased which brought the acreage up to 249 acres.
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