Settler of township lot: Lot 11, Conc. 10, Stanhope

Link to the Johnson family on the Settlers of Algonquin Highlands Family Tree website

Map point: The map point is the approximate location of this 100 lot located at the north east corner of Hwy 35 and Little Hawk Lake Road.

Land acquisition:

• 1876 Lands Liable to Taxation: Township of Stanhope Register - 100 acres taxed to Edwin Johnston.
• 1882 Patent from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register Index - Stanhope Concession 10 (Image 86).

Other land:

• Lot 16, Conc. 8, Stanhope: This irregular waterfront lot is located on the east shore of Halls lake east of Old Mill Road along the Kennisis River south from Little Hawk Lake Road to Braeloch Road
  - 1891 (80 acres) Patent from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register Index - Stanhope Concession 8 (Image 113).
• Lot 17, Conc. 8, Stanhope: This lot runs south from Little Hawk Lake Road bisected by the Kennisis River
  - 1893 (80 acres) Patent from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register Index - Stanhope Concession 8 (Image 153).
• Lot 11, Conc. 9, Stanhope: This lot is located on the west shore of Halls Lake on the south east corner of Hwy 35 and Little Hawk Lake Road - Halls Lake Village
  - 1883 from James Cooper and sold to William Johnson in 1908. Ontario Land Parcel Register Index - Stanhope Concession 9 (Image 103).
• Lot 10, Conc. 11, Stanhope: This 100 acre lot is located on the east shore of Saskatchewan Lake and Hwy 35, north of Shangri La Road
  - 1882 (100 acres) Patent from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register Index - Stanhope Concession 11 (Image 38).

Date of residency: 

• 1881 Census of Canada, Stanhope:
• 1883 Received mail at Boskung Post Office (Joseph Beatty's house)
• 1883 Stanhope Voters List: Edwin Johnston, owner, Lot 10, Conc. 9 & Lot 11, Conc. 10
• 1890 Stanhope Voters List: Edwin Johnson, owner, Lots 16, 17, 11, Conc. 8, 8, 10
• 1891 Stanhope Voters List: Lot 16, Conc. 8; Lot 10, Conc. 11; Lot 11, Conc. 10 and Lot 10, Conc. 9
• 1893 Stanhope Directory: Lot 11, Conc. 10
• 1899 Stanhope Directory: Lot 11, Conc. 11
• 1901 Stanhope Voters List: Lot 11, Conc. 9; Lots 16 & 17, Conc. 8
• 1901 Census of Canada, Stanhope:
• 1903 Business Directory, Stanhope: Edwin Johnson, Boskung, Lot 17, Conc. 8
• 1903 Stanhope Voters List: Edwin Johnson, farmer, Lots 16, 17, 11, 11, Conc. 8, 8, 9, 10
• 1907 Died at Lot 11, Conc. 7, Stanhope

Interesting facts:

Edwin Johnson was a Halls Lake pioneer. Perhaps the best agricultural potential lay to the eastern side of Halls Lake, although relatively inaccessible. The flat level lands next to the Kennisis River provided a relatively rich sandy terrace. Edwin Johnson, who had earlier secured 100 acres just west of the Welch property, was also granted the more productive lands to the west of the Kennisis River mouth in1890. Source: Source: Halls and Hawk Lakes Property Owners Association Lake Plan, May 2006

Preceding landowner: The Crown

Succeeding landowner:

• Lot 11, Conc. 10: 1906 son Walter Johnson - 1911 Stanhope Voters List; 1911 William Gartshore.
• Lot 10, Conc. 11: 1948 Ruby Fern Clark part from the Crown; 1950 Arnold V. Hewitt from His Majesty.
• Lots 16 & 17, Conc. 8: 1907 Robert Deacon B&S for $250 each; 1921 George Deacon (Robert's son) for $2,000 for both.

Edwin Johnson & wife Eliza Jones