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The historical plaque at Main and Jameson streets tells it plainly. Ailsa Craig's founding coincided with the Grand Trunk Railway's line from St. Marys to Point Edward, begun in 1858 and finished a year later. In 1861 David Craig and W.G. Shipley registered subdivisions, a post office opened, and the settlement adopted the name of a small Scottish island. By 1870 it had about 500 people, hotels, stores and mills, and had become the site of the largest cattle market west of London.
A provincial act of December 21, 1874 incorporated Ailsa Craig as a village, and its first council met on January 19, 1875. On January 1, 2001 it joined the Town of Parkhill and the townships of East Williams, West Williams and McGillivray to form the Municipality of North Middlesex, run from Parkhill.
The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority describes the river as rising near Staffa in West Perth and flowing south to Ailsa Craig, where it makes a wide arc to the west. After the thunderstorms of May 25, 2019, ABCA reported that Parkhill, Ailsa Craig, Nairn and Lucan were among the communities hit hardest by flooding.
ABCA reviews development near watercourses, flood-prone land beside creeks, rivers and municipal drains, and unstable slopes, and permits can apply under Ontario Regulation 41/24. Its online mapping portal shows the hazard areas it regulates.
Statistics Canada does not report Ailsa Craig on its own, so the census picture is North Middlesex as a whole: 6,307 people in 2021, down 0.7% from 2016, in 2,390 occupied homes. About 91% were single-detached, about 82% were owned, and roughly 41% were built in 1960 or earlier, about double Middlesex Centre's share. On an older house, a careful home inspection earns its fee.
The village has full services. Its piped water comes from the Lake Huron Primary Water Supply System, and Ailsa Craig has its own wastewater treatment plant. A bulk water station sits at the water tower site on West Corner Drive, north of the village.
North Middlesex lists two Thames Valley District School Board elementary schools with Ailsa Craig addresses, both rural: East Williams Memorial Public School at 4441 Queens Avenue and McGillivray Central Public School at 34714 Creamery Road. The secondary school on the municipality's list is North Middlesex District High School at 100 Main Street in Parkhill, and the London District Catholic School Board school on that list is Sacred Heart at 148 Anne Street in Parkhill. Confirm the assigned schools for any address with each board's school locator, because boundaries change.
The Ailsa Craig Recreation Centre is at 155 Annie Ada Shipley Street, the Middlesex County Library branch is at 147 Ailsa Craig Main Street, and Ailsa Craig Community Park is among the municipality's parks. For health care, North Middlesex names Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital as the closest full-service hospital, with London's hospitals beyond.
As the crow flies, the village is about 12 km from Lucan, about 12 km from Parkhill and about 29 km from the Forks of the Thames in London.
Something else? Ask Rob or George directly.
Not since January 1, 2001, when it became part of the Municipality of North Middlesex. It had been an incorporated village since 1874. The municipal office is at 229 Parkhill Main Street in Parkhill.
Yes. Ailsa Craig has a wastewater treatment plant, and North Middlesex buys its water from the Lake Huron Primary Water Supply System. Rural homes outside the village may use wells and septic systems.
The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority, whose member municipalities include North Middlesex. Its mapping portal is the place to check a property for regulated hazard areas.
About 29 km in a straight line from the Forks of the Thames in downtown London, and about 12 km from both Lucan and Parkhill.
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