Kidd's Corners
Fact or Fiction? Haliburton County's Robin Hood
Everyone knows the legend of Robin Hood and his hiding out in Sherwood Forest from the authorities. Well, Cardiff Township had such a character (or so it was said) and his name was Walter Kidd. Kidd was trained to be a lawyer back in merry-Old England, but chose to live in the backwoods of Haliburton County instead. He settled along the Burleigh Road at a spot later called Kidd's Corners. His first mission was to build a school so his family and neighbours could enjoy the higher path of learning. Kidd's School still exists today, in Highland Gove as a museum to pioneer times.
(more on the 1890's, deer hunting regulations, enforcement and the fugitive Kidd later)
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