Barbara Raue

Tavistock and Innerkip Ontario and Area in Colour Photos Barbara Raue

East Zorra-Tavistock is a township in southwestern Ontario formed on January1, 1975 through the amalgamation of the Township of East Zorra and the Village of Tavistock. It is part of Oxford County. Tavistock is located 15 kilometers southeast of Stratford and five kilometers south of Shakespeare on County Road 59. In 1848, Captain Henry Eckstein founded Tavistock. The world championship crokinole tournament has been held here annually since 1999. Innerkip is located on Oxford Road 29 north of Highway 401, northeast of Woodstock. Huntingford is located on County Road 59, north of Woodstock, west of Innerkip. Punkeydoodles Corners is located four miles east of Tavistock. Today the corner has a scattering of houses and farms. At one time it was a bustling stop along the Huron Road. The most popular legend about how it got its name is from the song "Yankee Doodle Dandy" which was popular in the 1800s and often sung around the piano at the inn and tavern located at the Corner during the late nineteenth century. Today, the corner is the meeting place of three districts - Oxford County, Perth County and the Region of Waterloo. Hickson is located at the intersection of Highway 59 and County Road 8, about thirteen kilometers north of Woodstock and ten kilometers south of Tavistock. Hickson was founded in 1876 when the Port Dover and Lake Huron Railway created a whistle-stop here. The new village was named after Sir Joseph Hickson, the general manager of the Grand Trunk Railway.