| History
of Marysburgh District |
 The
fifth district to be surveyed and recorded,
Marysburgh was originally called Fifth
Town, but in 1871, it was divided equally
into two parcels of 23,000 acres each:
North and South Marysburgh, with the Black
River flowing just north of the boundary
between the two. The high, deeply indented
coast offered excellent dockage, wharfage
and harbors for boat-building and shipping.
Black River provided a mill-race and a
means of transporting materials from the
interior, and the high, stony, clay land
grew superior cherries, apples, barley,
and excellent pasture for sheep. During
the Barley Days of the nineteenth century,
Marysburgh barley was a popular export
to New York State, as nothing touched
its quality for brewing or baking; County
schooners and sloops braved the unpredictable
waters of Lake Ontario to deliver the
precious grain to Oswego.
After the Volsted Act
was passed early during the Great Depression,
local entrepreneurs smuggled whiskey
and rum from Pirate’s Cove and
the lee of Waupoos Island off the Marysburgh
coast to the Prohibition-inhibited United
States. As shipbuilding, smuggling,
sailing entrepreneurs, the Marysburgh
settlers were the bravest and most visionary
of the County’s residents.
 In
the present day, the Marysburgh area
boasts the historic apple orchards and
fine farms of yesteryear, but with some
distinctly modern evolutions of the
visionary, if piratical, heritage of
the original settlers. Interspersed
among the elegant old Ontario Gothic
farmhouses are established vineyards,
cultural attractions and niche artisanal
production facilities.
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