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W. Mitchelle</image:title><image:caption>Title page and portrait of Rev. W. M. Mitchell from The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom (1860). Mitchell was a Toronto-based abolitionist who documented the experiences of freedom seekers arriving in Canada via the Underground Railroad.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1860-plan-of-third-ward-county-of-york.png</image:loc><image:title>1860-Plan-of-Third-Ward-County-of-York</image:title><image:caption>An 1860 map showing Brockton and York County's third ward. 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Township of York Map Composite</image:title><image:caption>1797c. Township of York Map Composite</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2026-02-17T20:20:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://brockton-history.ca/2025/09/25/bn005/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/bn-005-brockton-next.jpg</image:loc><image:title>BN005-Brockton-Next</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-27T19:31:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://brockton-history.ca/2025/08/19/bn004/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/janes-walk.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jane's Walk</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250328_opd002.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20250328_OPD002</image:title><image:caption>The Economist: Archive 1948</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-27T19:27:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://brockton-history.ca/2025/09/06/lady-brocks-land-park-lot-30-and-the-making-of-brockton/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/markup_1000010051.jpg</image:loc><image:title>markup_1000010051</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/plan-256.png</image:loc><image:title>Plan-256</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/push_on_brave_york_volunteerslarge.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Push_on,_brave_York_volunteers(large)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/127770_slice.jpg</image:loc><image:title>127770_slice</image:title><image:caption>Women, like Lucy, were a hidden but vital force in the British Imperial Army. Pictured is Mrs. Rogers was the wife of a non-commissioned officer at the camp of the 4th Dragoon Guards during the Crimean War (1854-56). Source National Army Museum, Study collection</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/23606838326_e2d82ab9e5_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>23606838326_e2d82ab9e5_o</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/rev-robert-quick-short-plaque-st-james-trois-rivieres-2022-768x469-1-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rev-Robert-Quick-Short-Plaque-St-James-Trois-Rivieres-2022-768x469</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/rev-robert-quick-short-plaque-st-james-trois-rivieres-2022-768x469-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rev-Robert-Quick-Short-Plaque-St-James-Trois-Rivieres-2022-768x469</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/park-lot-30.png</image:loc><image:title>Park-Lot-30</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-06T19:11:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://brockton-history.ca/2025/07/16/%f0%9f%93%93-bn003-deciphering-a-19th-century-will-pretty-tough/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/screenshot_20250716-1518212830109467345049669.png</image:loc><image:title>screenshot_20250716-1518212830109467345049669</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/bn003-image.png</image:loc><image:title>BN003-Image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/80a02f50-0c4f-40c7-89da-9324a77c3729.png</image:loc><image:title>80a02f50-0c4f-40c7-89da-9324a77c3729</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-07-16T19:19:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://brockton-history.ca/2025/07/05/bn002-lucy-brock/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/canvas_brockton-notes-lucy-brock-board-250705_0420.png</image:loc><image:title>Milanote Research Board</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-07-07T20:18:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://brockton-history.ca/2025/07/03/%f0%9f%93%93bn001-welcome-to-brockton-notes/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-03T17:55:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://brockton-history.ca/brockton-notes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20190801-toronto-archives-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20190801-toronto-archives-5</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-07-03T17:43:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://brockton-history.ca/2025/06/13/land-petitions/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/ac619857_signing_10208080830394805589535.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ac619857_signing_10208080830394805589535</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1812_brock_petition.png</image:loc><image:title>1812_Brock_Petition</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1797_mcdonnell_petition-1.png</image:loc><image:title>1797_McDonnell_Petition</image:title><image:caption>Excerpt from Alexander McDonell 1797 Land Petition</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image-2.png</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1796_shank_petition-1.png</image:loc><image:title>1796_Shank_Petition</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1798_shank_petition.png</image:loc><image:title>1798_Shank_Petition</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1797_johnston_petition-1.png</image:loc><image:title>1797_Johnston_Petition</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1798_hallowell_petition.png</image:loc><image:title>1798_Hallowell_Petition</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1798_burns_petition.png</image:loc><image:title>1798_Burns_Petition</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1796_burns_petition-2.png</image:loc><image:title>1796_Burns_Petition</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-07-03T15:15:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://brockton-history.ca/2025/02/12/a-lost-sketch/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/974-30-3-denison.jpg</image:loc><image:title>974-30-3 Denison</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/brockton-village-from-rushholme-1855.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Brockton Village from Rushholme 1855</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/33429.jpg</image:loc><image:title>33429</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/untitled.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Untitled</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/image.png</image:loc><image:title>Brockton-1851-Brown-Highlight</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-11-27T16:25:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://brockton-history.ca/2025/02/26/denied-a-ride-black-history-in-1850s-brockton/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/denied-a-ride-1852-1.png</image:loc><image:title>Denied-A-Ride-1852</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/image-8.png</image:loc><image:title>1852-02-28 (Globe) Disgraceful Conduct</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/image-6.png</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/image-5.png</image:loc><image:title>City Omnibuses (1851)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/yorkville_buss_line-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Yorkville_Buss_Line</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-06-27T16:08:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://brockton-history.ca/2025/03/30/taking-the-land-the-inhabitants-drive-us-away-instead-of-helping/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/179563.jpg</image:loc><image:title>179563</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/image-1.png</image:loc><image:title>Anishinaabe hunting and fishing camp,</image:title><image:caption>Anishinaabe hunting and fishing camp, c. 1807 by George Heriot  (Library and Archives Canada (C-012781))</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-06-27T16:03:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://brockton-history.ca/2025/05/18/the-sheriff-secretary-commander-widow-and-father-in-law/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/original.8204.jpg</image:loc><image:title>original.8204</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/brocktons-first-landowners-base.png</image:loc><image:title>Brocktons-First-Landowners-base</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/63d89dc00c045.image_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>63d89dc00c045.image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1793.aitken.co700-canada60.planofyorkharbour.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1793.Aitken.CO700-CANADA60.PlanofYorkHarbour</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/park-lot-map-1798.png</image:loc><image:title>Park Lot Map-1798</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/image-3.png</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/toronto-1793.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Toronto-1793</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-06-27T16:00:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://brockton-history.ca/2025/04/21/1791-survey/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1791-survey-map-3.png</image:loc><image:title>1791-Survey-Map</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/queen-street-survey-notes.png</image:loc><image:title>Queen-Street-Survey-Notes</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1791-09-13_survey-1.png</image:loc><image:title>1791-09-13_Survey</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/image-2.png</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1791jones.o6-4.r.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1791Jones.O6-4.r</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/6958-1020.jpg</image:loc><image:title>6958-1020</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-04-22T12:29:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://brockton-history.ca/about/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-26T16:31:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://brockton-history.ca/2025/02/20/finding-brockton-on-the-map/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025-brockton-boundary-old-label-2.png</image:loc><image:title>2025-Brockton-Boundary</image:title><image:caption>Brockton's Boundaries Today, According to Google</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1881-brockton-boundary-old-label-2.png</image:loc><image:title>1881-Brockton-Boundary</image:title><image:caption>Brockton's Boundaries, 1881</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1860-brockton-boundary-old-labels-3.png</image:loc><image:title>1860-Brockton-Boundary</image:title><image:caption>Brockton's Boundaries in 1860</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1850-brockton-boundary-old-label-2.png</image:loc><image:title>1850-Brockton-Boundary</image:title><image:caption>Brockton's Boundaries in 1850</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/shifting-boundaries-label-1.png</image:loc><image:title>Shifting-Boundaries_1850-2025</image:title><image:caption>Brockton's Shifting Boundaries, 1850-2025</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025-brockton-business-old-label-1.png</image:loc><image:title>2025-Brockton-Business</image:title><image:caption>Brockton's boundaries today when considering business names</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-4.png</image:loc><image:title>Brockton-2025_Google-Maps</image:title><image:caption>Google Maps view of Brockton Village, Toronto, showing the neighborhood's contemporary boundaries. Screenshot taken from Google Maps, 2025.
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-3.png</image:loc><image:title>Brockton-1881_Goads-map</image:title><image:caption>Excerpt from Charles E. Goad, Goad’s Atlas of Toronto, Western District, 1884. Published by Charles E. Goad, Civil Engineer, Toronto. Accessed via Goad’s Toronto, http://goadstoronto.blogspot.com/2012/03/goads-atlas-1884-toronto-fire-insurance.html.
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-2.png</image:loc><image:title>Brockton-1860_Tremaine-Map</image:title><image:caption>Excerpt from G.R. Tremaine, Tremaine’s Map of the County of York, Canada West, 1860. Compiled and drawn by G.R. Tremaine from actual surveys, published by Geo. C. Tremaine. Accessed via Old Toronto Maps, http://oldtorontomaps.blogspot.com/2013/02/1860-tremaines-map-of-county-of-york.html.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://brockton-history.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-1.png</image:loc><image:title>Brockton-1851-Brown-Map-York-Township</image:title><image:caption>Excerpt from J.O. Browne, Map of the Township of York in the County of York, Upper Canada, 1851. Compiled and drawn by J.O. Browne, F.S.A., Civil Engineer &amp; D.P. Surveyor, Toronto. Engraved and printed by Jno Ellis, 8 King St. Accessed via Old Toronto Maps, http://oldtorontomaps.blogspot.com/2013/01/1851-jo-browne-map-of-township-of-york.html.

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