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Time and Tide
The breathtaking Marlborough Sounds are the setting for this unique story of the Pelorus Mail Boat, one of the worlds last such mail services. One hundred years ago, a 17-year-old set out from Havelock on a two-day journey in his home-made boat to deliver mail and provisions to families in the Sounds. That man was Eric Johnston, who together with his remarkable family, served the people of the Sounds for more than fifty years. What follows features some of the history of this intriguing area - early settlement, gold, fascinating characters, pig hunting tales and the men and women who have continued the story of the Pelorus Mail Boat to the present day.
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Sheffield Village
The Village of Sheffield was founded on the Lake Erie plain and a sandy ridge of glacial Lake Warren. Black River and French Creek course through rich farmlands, once home to Archaic and Woodland Indians. Originally surveyed as Township 7 of Range 17 in the Connecticut Western Reserve, hearty pioneers arrived here in 1815 from the Berkshire Mountains of New England, naming their settlement Sheffield after their Massachusetts town. In the mid-1800s, another wave of immigrants arrived from Bavaria, adding cultural richness to the community. In 1894, industrialist Tom Johnson constructed giant steel mills on the west side of the river, and Sheffield Village eventually broke away, choosing to retain its agrarian identity. Today Sheffield Village is in transition to a modern residential/commercial community but keeps much of its natural character by virtue of parklands along stream valleys. Fortunately, fine examples of homestead architecture have been preserved throughout the village.
