Queen’s Bush

This name was originally given to a large, unsurveyed tract of land, now comprising the townships of Peel and Wellesley, and the country extending thence to Lake Huron. While it was yet a wilderness, it was settled mainly by colored people, about the year 1846. The following, communicated by a resident of Galt, gives the main features of the settlement of the Queen’s Bush. The testimonials following Jackson’s, are from that part of the scarcely reclaimed wilderness now known as the township of Peel.