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In Sharon, David Willson broke away from the Quakers and established his own religious sect, “Children of Peace”. Most of Sharon’s history is found at the Sharon Temple. The Doan family who were master builders - Ebenezer being the builder of the temple - have left a number of dwellings in the area. In the 1840s brick homes came into being; the clay deposit for the bricks was found in the north end of Sharon.
The communities of Holland Landing, Mount Albert, Queensville, as well as Holt, Ravenshoe, Brown’s Hill, all developed independently, usually around a church.
Transportation, especially the railways, changed the significance of these villages and towns and left them static.
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