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The first settlers arrived in the village in the early 1820s. The early pioneers were Scots, Irish, and United Empire Loyalists. To the Scots the hills, rocks, woods, and streams of Caledon were reminders of their homeland.

What are now known as Hurontario Street and Highway 10, were opened as a rough sleigh tracks by the government.

Early settlements in the townships developed around water-powered mill sites on the Credit and Humber rivers, and at various crossroads.A post office was started in 1838, and by 1877, there were three local stores, livery stables, a creamery, a wagon establishment, a blacksmith shop, two harness shops, a telegraph office, three well kept hotels, a Presbyterian church, a Church of England and Methodist church as well as a large school, two Orange Lodges, one GoodTemplars lodge, and a brass band. In 1877 a thriving railway was built through the village, although today the CaledonTrailway meanders across the abandoned lands.

The Town of Caledon is an area with dramatic and significant landforms, major river systems and a landscape that is rich with evidence of its human history.Many of Toronto's wealthiest citizens own large country estates in the area, among them many members of the Eaton Family, Norman Jewison, Elton John and the inventors of the board game Trivial Pursuit. More recently it has achieved new fame as the name of "Caledon Hockley" the villain of the filmTitanic.The name reflects the director’s childhood in the area. In addition to the landscape the small town hosts a collection of craft and antique shops. It has much to offer in the way of beautiful scenery and is a pleasant place to live, still embodying a great deal of the pioneer spirit and the feeling of Ontario country-living, a short distance from the sprawling urban metropolis of Toronto.