Moorefield, Ontario

Moorefield is a community in Southwestern Ontario, located within the Wellington County township of Mapleton.

The founder of Moorefield, Richard C. Moore, was the son of a Baptist missionary who came to Canada for the purpose of establishing a church and converts in North America. Richard, as well as his brother Rev. George C. Moore, had involvement in various business ventures in the area. The family had moved to the new township of Maryborough in the 1850s and had established a church which the town was built around.[1]

The earliest property deed listed for St. John's Anglican Church, Moorefield, is dated 23 July 1859 (Ledger A, begun in 1883),[2] so it can be seen that the town grew with some rapidity, with a diversity of religion-since the founder of the town was strongly Baptist.

Pigeon King International Scam

Moorefield held the largest business development office of Pigeon King International, which become infamous as a result of its crash in 2008. The company was believed to be operating on a Ponzi scheme that had people buy into the company through the purchase of pigeon pairs, with the promise that all future squabs would be purchased. On December 5, 2013, Arlan Galbraith, the founder of Pigeon King International, was found guilty of criminal fraud and two Bankruptcy Act offences (obtaining money by false representation and failure to attend first meeting of creditors).[3] He was sentenced to seven and a half years.[4]

References
  1. Thorning, Stephen (July 17, 2011). "Valuing Our History". The Wellington Advertiser. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011.
  2. "St. John's Anglican Church (Moorefield, Ont.)". McMaster University. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011.
  3. "Jury finds Pigeon King founder guilty of criminal fraud". CTV News Kitchener. December 5, 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  4. Mooallem, Jon (March 5, 2015). "Birdman: The Pigeon King and the Ponzi Scheme that Shook Canada". The New York Times. Retrieved March 8, 2015.

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