Shanly

History

The land which currently makes up the village changed hands many times during the beginning of the 19th century before being settled. Some families, including the Wallace family, first established permanent homesteads here during the 1820s. For the first half of the 1800s the community consisted primarily of family farms and homes, and residents sustained themselves almost entirely through agricultural means. In the mid-1800s the Loyal Orange Institution, a Protestant fraternal organization, had a group based in Shanly known collectively as the Loyal Orange Lodge No. 1227. By the 1880s, the village was home to numerous pioneer industries and businesses including a blacksmith, a harness shop, a cooperage, a carpentry and woodworking shop, a tin shop, a hay and grain dealer, and a grocery store which adjoined the post office. Most of the residents during the end of the century still sought an income through agriculture, with some residents being listed in business directories as employed as builders. During the late-1800s, Shanly was home to two cheese factories. The first factory was constructed on the east-side of County Road 22 around forty rods north from the village's main intersection, and was operated by two local men. The cheese from the first factory was shipped to Brockville for sale. It is unclear when exactly the first cheese factory was constructed or closed. The structure was demolished sometime after its closure. The second cheese factory was constructed east of the intersection, and was built around 1890. The second factory was called the Shanly Cheese Factory and operated for over 50 years. According to a statement from 1910, the factory had produced 21,337 pounds of cheese in the month of September. In 1901, the Shanly Cheese Factory received…

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  3,126
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  2,601
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  2,418
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,336
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  2,047
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,830
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,809
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,802

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