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Saltford, Ontario
Saltford is a small unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada located at the intersection of Highway 21 and Saltford Road, on the east bank of the Maitland River in the township of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh just east of Goderich. In early 1866, local entrepreneur Samuel Platt discovered the presence of brine while drilling for oil in the community. He subsequently developed a salt extraction business, using an evaporation process. This discovery inspired the development of several salt extraction operations in the immediate area, eventually culminating in the opening of the Sifto Salt mine in nearby Goderich, currently (2007) the third largest salt producer in the world.
Saltford's name has been changed several times throughout its history. In 1834, Doctor William "Tiger" Dunlop and his brother Captain Robert Dunlop, named their settlement on the north shore of the Maitland river Gairbraid, after their mother's home in Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The name changed to Bridgend Place, Maitlandville, and finally in 1879, Saltford.〔 Rayburn, Alan ''Place Names of Ontario'' (University of Toronto Press), Toronto-Buffalo-London,1997, ISBN 0-8020-7207-0), pg.305〕
==History Pre 1900==
In 1866 Samuel Platt was drilling the northern bank of the Maitland river in search of oil. At a depth of 960 feet he struck one of the most expansive deposits of salt in the world. A sample of the extracted salt brine was tested by an authority of the time, Professor Goessman, who said it was "the most concentrated possible and the purest known."
The discovery of the salt deposits developed the local economy with at least 10 salt extraction and evaporator plants producing salt in 1872.
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