Two growers, one kiln
In 1922 Henry Freeman and William Pelton grew a trial crop of five acres near Lynedoch. In 1923 they bought the old Chrysler farm there and harvested 30 acres, which the federal history of the Harrow research station calls the first commercial crop of the new belt.S2
A crop needs a kiln. The Multicultural History Society of Ontario records a kiln that Freeman and Pelton built that same year, 1923, on their experimental farm at Lynedoch.S22
What we don’t know is what happened to it. Kilns across the belt have been taken down, moved or put to new uses. Until someone confirms it, this record stays marked unknown.
This kiln is on private land. We show only the general area, never an address, and we ask readers not to visit or photograph it without the owner’s permission.
The dashed circle marks the general area of Lynedoch. The kiln’s exact location is withheld because it is on private land.
What a kiln looked like
Today
Does it still stand?
If you know this kiln, or have a photo of it from any decade, we’d love to hear from you. Tell us what you know; we won’t publish a location without the owner’s permission.