Bervie is an unincorporated place and community in the municipality of Kincardine

Kincardine, Ontario

The Municipality of Kincardine is located on the shores of Lake Huron in the County of Bruce in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has a population of 12,000, and covers an area of 580 square kilometres...

, Bruce County

Bruce County, Ontario

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 in southwestern

Southwestern Ontario

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 Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

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. It is located on Ontario Highway 9, and is on the Penetangore River

Penetangore River

The Penetangore River is a river in Bruce County, Ontario which empties into Lake Huron at the town of Kincardine, Ontario. A boardwalk, a harbour, and the Kincardine lighthouse are located on the bank of this river near its mouth....

, which flows to Lake Huron

Lake Huron

Lake Huron is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. Hydrologically, it comprises the larger portion of Lake Michigan-Huron. It is bounded on the east by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the west by the state of Michigan in the United States...

 at the town centre of Kincardine.

Bervie is home to several mechanical trade shops, including a masonry training centre for the local high school (Kincardine & District Secondary School), and is surrounded by agricultural land.

History

The construction of the Durham road (Highway 9, Kincardine

Kincardine, Ontario

The Municipality of Kincardine is located on the shores of Lake Huron in the County of Bruce in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has a population of 12,000, and covers an area of 580 square kilometres...

 to Durham

Durham, Ontario

Durham is a community in the municipality of West Grey, Grey County, Ontario, Canada. Durham is located near the base of the Bruce Peninsula.-Location:...

) through 1851 led to more settlements being established along its route. In 1853, a post-office named Bervie (named after Inverbervie

Inverbervie

Inverbervie is a small town on the north-east coast of Scotland, south of Stonehaven, in the Aberdeenshire council area.The Inverbervie name derives from Inbhir Beirbhe, meaning Mouth of the River Bervie in Scottish Gaelic.-History:...

, Kincardineshire

Kincardineshire

The County of Kincardine, also known as Kincardineshire or The Mearns was a local government county on the coast of northeast Scotland...

, Scotland

Scotland

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) was opened in geographic Kincardine Township on lot 53, concession 1, which gave its name to the locality. A tavern

Tavern

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 was opened by John McKinney at the 60th Sideroad and near-by, through his efforts, a Presbyterian

Presbyterian Church in Canada

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 church was erected. A store and a sawmill were built at the 50th Sideroad, and gradually at this point the village of Bervie developed. Early public buildings were a school-house, an Anglican

Anglican Church of Canada

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 church, a Methodist

Methodist Church of Canada

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 church and an Orange Hall. At one time Bervie had two sawmills, a planing mill

Planing mill

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 and a grist mill

Gristmill

The terms gristmill or grist mill can refer either to a building in which grain is ground into flour, or to the grinding mechanism itself.- Early history :...

.