Newcastle, Ontario, is situated in one of the most highly developed and prosperous regions of North America, just 40 miles from the centre of the City of Toronto. Newcastle is now part of a municipality that contains several former villages. The 'Port of Bond Head' was by the lake, named after our Lt-Governor who came from Britain, This was a small Lake Ontario port with sailing ships, a gristmill, one or two hotels, one or two taverns, and a small grain elevator. Some days, at harvest tine in the fall of the year, there were farmers' wagons full of barley or other grains lined up for half a mile on Mill Street, which led to Bond Head. Bond Head became the Port of Newcastle and the village expanded from the lake up to Newcastle Main street, the busiest road in Canada. At one time Newcastle Village contained numerous Canadian craftsmen, several tailor's shops, two harness makers, a wagon maker, a tinsmith, and a small foundry that eventually became the world famous Massey Harris or Massey Ferguson Company. When people first settled in Newcastle the road from Toronto to Montreal was dark, overhung with trees, and people said that as you travelled the road, you could never see the sun 'not even at noon'. Newcastle today still has its beautiful old maples as well as dozens of black walnut trees and is a peaceful place to raise a family.