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Doon is a former village in southwestern Ontario, Canada. Doon was settled around 1800 by Menonite Germans from Pennsylvania, and after 1830 by Scottish immigrants. Although never large, at one time it was a bustling community with sawmills, a rope factory and other businesses. It is known as the lifetime home of landscape artist Homer Watson. It is now a suburb of Kitchener, Ontario, home to the Doon Heritage Village and the main campus of Conestoga College. ==Origins== Doon was established in a forested area around Schneider's Creek where it enters the Grand River from the south. Richard Beasley sold of this land to John Biehn Sr. of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1800. Biehn's relatives bought portions of this land, and started to clear it for farming, His son John Biehn Jr. built a sawmill in what became Doon, and Frederic Beck also ran a sawmill in the area. Most of the early settlers were German Mennonite famers from Pennsylvania. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Doon, Ontario」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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