Rokeby, Ontario
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Rokeby, Ontario was the Government townsite located on the mainland at Bobcaygeon, Ontario
, Canada
, by the Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada
, Sir John Colborne
. Through common usage and the establishment of a Post Office in 1838, the name Bobcaygeon came to describe the entire town. The name has effectively been lost, with the bankruptcy of Rokeby Lumber in 2002.
Rockeby Park was the home of John Morrit, in County Durham, England. This was close to the confluence of the river Greta and the river Tees. This area inspired the painting 'Rockeby', by Turner, which depicts the waterfall and rocks at the 'meeting of the waters'. It seems likely that both Colborne and Thomas Need would have been familiar with this part of England, and possibly with the painting. They would certainly have been familiar with the epic poem Rockeby, by Sir Walter Scott, which was written, and set, in that locality. Rockeby would have been a natural choice for this place of rapids, rocks, and waterfalls - which we now know as Bobcaygeon.
Bobcaygeon, Ontario
Bobcaygeon is a community on the Trent-Severn Waterway in the City of Kawartha Lakes, east-central Ontario, Canada.Bobcaygeon was incorporated as village in 1876, and became known as the "Hub of the Kawarthas"...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, by the Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada
Upper Canada
The Province of Upper Canada was a political division in British Canada established in 1791 by the British Empire to govern the central third of the lands in British North America and to accommodate Loyalist refugees from the United States of America after the American Revolution...
, Sir John Colborne
John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton
Field Marshal John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton, GCB, GCMG, GCH, PC was a British field marshal and colonial governor.-Early service:...
. Through common usage and the establishment of a Post Office in 1838, the name Bobcaygeon came to describe the entire town. The name has effectively been lost, with the bankruptcy of Rokeby Lumber in 2002.
Rockeby Park was the home of John Morrit, in County Durham, England. This was close to the confluence of the river Greta and the river Tees. This area inspired the painting 'Rockeby', by Turner, which depicts the waterfall and rocks at the 'meeting of the waters'. It seems likely that both Colborne and Thomas Need would have been familiar with this part of England, and possibly with the painting. They would certainly have been familiar with the epic poem Rockeby, by Sir Walter Scott, which was written, and set, in that locality. Rockeby would have been a natural choice for this place of rapids, rocks, and waterfalls - which we now know as Bobcaygeon.