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It\u2019s Wayback Wednesday, sponsored by Jamie Lockwood, broker\/owner of Sutton Group Muskoka Realty!<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n
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Councillors of the newly incorporated village of Huntsville \u2026 sat down to their first council meeting at the courthouse on April 26, 1886. \u2026 They presided over a community newly carved from the bush, where there were no sidewalks, no street lights, no municipal waterworks or sewers. The reeve, Louis Edward Kinton, owned one of the only brick buildings in the village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reeve\u2019s chair was hotly contested in that first election. Two prominent citizens, L.E. Kinton and Francis J. Howland, vied for the top position. Both had been active in politics in Chaffey Township. Both had helped convince the railway to swing its line up through central Muskoka. Howland, the village\u2019s first doctor, was thought by many to have the advantage. In spite of this, Kinton won.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kinton, a general merchant, had established a home and shop in Huntsville by 1880. He was described as a \u201ccultivated citizen\u201d who contributed much to the early cultural scene in Huntsville. His brother Mackie Kinton, later an important insurance agent in the town, came with him to Huntsville. He was later joined by his sister, Sara, who married William Randelson. His other sister, Ada Florence Kinton, was editor and illustrator of the Salvation Army\u2019s War Cry\u2026 Her impressions of early Huntsville, recorded on her visits to the village from 1883 until her death in 1905, helped paint a picture of village life. L.E. Kinton held the reeve\u2019s post for three years. Dogged by ill health, he died in 1890.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Excerpted from Huntsville With Spirit and Resolve by Susan Pryke<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written by Celia Finley<\/strong> and published on Huntsville.ca<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First Reeve from 1886-1887 (image of first Huntsville Council: Louis E. Kinton is in front row, centre)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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