Surveyed: 1862

Survey Type: 1000 acre section

First legal settler:

1857 May 27  New Townships of Galway, Cavendish, and Anstruther attached to Peterborough County (Statutes of Canada 1857 Cap 76 p 359)

1863 Nov 18   Cavendish joined to Galway (Bylaw 228) as Galway-Cavendish Twp

1998 Jan 1      amalgamated into Galway-Cavendish & Harvey Twp