Prior to the surveying of the Reach township, Joseph Widdifield was the Northern most settler along the path between Oshawa and what is today Port Perry. North of him was unbroken, thick forest and swamp land. At the time, no one could have imagined the beautiful community this region would one day become, but the daring ventured Northward to establish a new community of adventure seekers, nature lovers and and small-town-at-heart folks.