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The Buxton Settlement, a planned refugee community

A sign for North Buxton Park in the Buxton Settlement area, Ontario, photographed in 2015; it does not show the settlement’s original buildings.
A sign for North Buxton Park in the Buxton Settlement area, Ontario, photographed in 2015; it does not show the settlement’s original buildings. Buxton National Historic Site and Museum, South Buxton, Ontario (21151999154) · Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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The Buxton Settlement National Historic Site in southwestern Ontario encompasses a cultural landscape of about 4,680 hectares, including North and South Buxton. Its farms, religious institutions and schools preserve the history of a planned settlement founded by Underground Railroad refugees and remain a living memorial to its founders.

Scope & context

The settlement landscape, not the Underground Railroad as a whole (see CA-K150).

Sources behind this record

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Buxton Settlement National Historic Site ↗

Parks Canada

Description of historic place; Heritage value