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Autumn on the Credit River at Huttonville

Watercolour on Waterford 200 lbs. CP paper.  Image 20½" (52 cm) by 28½" (72½ cm) © 2003.

Huttonville, Ontario, is a small hamlet included in the boundaries of the City of Brampton.  Located on the Credit River as it runs south toward Lake Ontario, it was named after J.P. Hutton, the oldest son of Alex Hutton and a prominent figure in the development of the region in pioneer days.  Although residential development is encroaching on the area, substantial amounts of greenery remain.  It was during a visit there with a group from the Brampton Historical Society in the Autumn of 2000 that I was inspired to produce this painting, although it was not until three years later that it was completed.  

The scene shown here is at a bend in the river a short distance west of a dam that once provided power to Hutton's lumber mill.  Later, the water power was used to drive a generator that supplied electricity to Brampton's original street lamp, three-and-a-half miles away.  The power was also used to drive the machinery in a small woollen mill.  The centre section of the dam collapsed many years ago and has never been repaired.  

Some of the trees along the river bank, such as the one in the foreground, are very old and may even date back to the time when the place was known as Wolf's Den.  

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