During The Great Fire of 1908, people living in The Burk Hotel dug a pit to bury their silverware and jewellery to save them from the fire. They later opened the pit to discover that their belongings had all melted together from the heat of the blaze.
In 1885, the Grand Trunk Railway came to the township and by 1916 Yonge Street/Highway 11 was the first service road open to automobiles to travel north of Toronto. During this time, the area used a dozen passenger steamboats and steam tugs.
The Township of Armour was named after Judge John Douglas Armour. The S.S. Armour, a steamboat that plied the Magnetawan River, was also named after him.
