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Goderich (Town), Goderich, Multiplex
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Goderich was planned as a model town. John Galt of the Canada Company picked the river mouth as a harbour, and his colleague William "Tiger" Dunlop built the first cottage. Settlement began around the harbour in the late 1820s; in the 1840s the company laid out the formal plan, moving the centre uphill to an octagonal "square" with eight streets radiating from it, 99 feet wide for the ring road and major streets and 66 feet, one surveyor's chain, for the rest.
The company meant the octagon as a market place and sued when the new county seat put its Court House in the middle in 1856; a special act of the legislature settled it in the town's favour. That Court House burned in 1954 and was replaced by today's plainer building. North of downtown, the octagonal county gaol at 110 North Street held inmates from 1841 to 1972 and is now the Huron Historic Gaol National Historic Site, beside the Huron County Museum.
On August 21, 2011 an F3 tornado struck Goderich, killing one person and heavily damaging homes, hundreds of trees and the downtown core, Courthouse Park included. The Square and West Street are heritage conservation districts, and the town's district plan, prepared for the rebuild, also looks at the rest of the "square proper" around them. The town says any alteration that may affect a designated property's heritage attributes must be reviewed by the Municipal and Marine Heritage Committee and approved by Council before work starts.
In the 2021 Census about 45% of Goderich's occupied homes were built in 1960 or earlier and another 28% between 1961 and 1980; only about 12% date from 2001 or later. Low-rise apartments make up about a fifth of homes, about 35% of households rented, nothing reaches five storeys, and the median age was 52.8. To see what is on the market, look at the houses for sale in Goderich today.
Three public beaches sit below the bluff, Main Beach on Harbour Road and St. Christopher's and Rotary Cove on Cove Road, linked by a 1.5 km boardwalk. Harbour dredging built up the beach in 1962. The port still works, and so does the salt: rock salt was found under the town in 1866, the International Salt Works opened in 1869, and the town calls today's salt mine, reaching out under Lake Huron, the world's largest underground salt mine.
The Maitland River meets the lake here, and the G2G Rail Trail (Goderich to Guelph) sets out on a 132 km route east.
The Avon Maitland District School Board runs Goderich Public School (JK to Grade 6) at 125 Blake Street West and Goderich District Collegiate Institute (Grades 7 to 12) at 260 South Street. The Huron-Perth Catholic board runs St. Mary's Catholic School at 70 Bennett Street East, and its St. Anne's Catholic Secondary is in Clinton. Confirm any address with the Huron Perth Student Transportation Services locator.
Alexandra Marine and General Hospital at 120 Napier Street has an emergency department. Highway 8 begins downtown at Highway 21, the Bluewater Highway, which runs south to Bayfield.
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Something else? Ask Rob or George directly.
No. The Town of Goderich is its own municipality and the county seat of Huron County, whose offices are at 1 Courthouse Square.
The octagonal ring road at the heart of downtown, with Courthouse Park and the Court House in the middle. It is a heritage conservation district.
Yes. Alexandra Marine and General Hospital has an emergency department and is one of two Huron Health System hospitals, with South Huron Hospital in Exeter.
It works well as one, with year-round services and three beaches. To narrow the choice, look along the rest of Lake Huron's cottage country and at how Lake Huron and Lake Erie compare.
Call Rob or George directly, or send a message and one of them will get back to you. A home evaluation is free and prepared by a person, never a formula.