HERITAGE  REVISITED

A Pictorial History of Huntley Township

Country Homesteads

 

Where once there had only been wilderness , the first settlers in Huntley were quick to establish a thriving community.  By the end of the 1800s, the rural countryside was dotted with farm operations and the village of Carp was truly bustling.  All this had been accomplished since 1819, when the first trees were felled.

 

 

 

 

 

Right:  Around 1900, a funeral procession makes its way down Church St. in Carp.  At the top of the hill are St. Paul’s Methodist Church and St. James’ Anglican Church (in the far distance).  To the left is the store of Thomas E. Argue, located where the Carp Memorial Hall stands today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Left:  A view of Carp from the railway tracks down by the river in the west side of the village.  The McCord Block can be seen on the left in this early 1900s photograph, and the steeple of Paul’s Methodist Church is just visible on the ridge behind it.