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Blythe House and Farm Buildings

Sketch of Blythe Farm. In the foreground are tree stumps and then a rustic farm fence probably of cedar. Further in the background are two out buildings and what looks like the original home of John Langton. To the left is a round tent structure. Further in the background are trees. The sketch is very yellowed.

Photo: Peter Oliver  Used by permission of the City of Kawarth Lakes Archives.

Mr. John Langton, brother to Anne Langton, arrived in Canada from England in 1833. He was 25 years of age. John Langton speculated on various locations, and then settled on land on the shore of Sturgeon Lake. He cleared the land and founded the Langton homestead – “Blythe Farm,” named after his Lancashire, England home “Blythe Hall.”