Buffalo, Brantford & Goderich Railway, County of Welland account book, 1853

The Buffalo and Brantford Railway Company was formed in 1850. The railway was renamed the Buffalo, Brantford & Goderich Railway in 1852 to reflect the plans to extend the line to Goderich. Financial problems led to a British group taking over the railway a few years later and the name was changed to the Buffalo & Lake Huron Railway. It was June 1858 before the line to Goderich was completed. Source: (http://brantford.library.on.ca/genealogy/railways.php#buffalo) March 8, 2010

Fonds consists of one account book listing property owners along side the Buffalo, Brantford & Goderich Railway in Welland County. Also included are two survey plans of the railway showing property owners. The account book was featured as “Exhibit A” in The Corporation of The County of Welland v. The Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway Company et al., October 28, 1869.