Brudenell

It's hard to believe that at one time Brudenell was the largest and most prosperous community on the old Opeongo Road. The village was first settled in the 1850s and named after Crimean war hero, James Thomas Brudenell. Originally known as 'Brudenell Corners' and alternately as 'Payette Corners', after Madame Payette's busy hotel, the 'corners' was dropped when Charles Hirsh opened the first post office in 1859.