George Lount, courtesy Newmarket Today.
I’ve long been fascinated by Samuel Lount, going so far as to create a fictional town named after him. Lount’s Landing is my vision of a smaller Holland Landing, with Newmarket’s Main Street as inspiration. You can read about Samuel Lount here.
As is often the case where one person is immortalized in history, others of equal importance are left by the wayside and yet they are often worth remembrance. That’s the case with “the other Lount,” George Lount, who unlike his older brother, Samuel, has fallen through the cracks of Newmarket, Ontario’s local history when it is re-told. Samuel Lount of Holland Landing was a central figure in the 1837 Rebellion who was eventually hung for his deeds. Unfortunately, his reputation has overshadowed the enormous contributions of his younger brother, George, whose contributions to Newmarket’s local history are most certainly worthy of review.
Recently, Richard MacLeod, a Newmarket historian, wrote a comprehensive article in Newmarket Today about George Lount.
To read the article in Newmarket Today by Richard MacLeod, click here.