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501 9th Ave.
Hanover,
Ontario
N4N 2M4
Phone : (519) 364-3491
Your Host(s) : Canada Post Hanover
Description From Owner:
- Pop. 6,525. In Bentinck T, Grey C., on the Saugeen R. and C. Rds. 4 & 10, 61 km. S of Owen Sound.
- The first settler, in 1848, was innkeeper Abraham Buck after whom the settlement was named Buck's Bridge and Buck's Crossing. Subsequent names were Adamstown and Slabtown.
- When the post office opened in 1856, the place was named for the province of Hanover in Germany.
- In 1906 Noah Brosso (1881-1955) of Hanover, calling himself Tommy Burns, became the first Canadian to win the heavyweight boxing championship of the world.
- From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884
Address of this page:
http://www.ruralroutes.com/hanover
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Visitors to this page: 3,830
Off the beaten track: |
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Lake Rosalind, 3km
Carlsruhe, 5km
Habermehl, 6km
Maple Hill, Hanover area, 5km
Pearl Lake, 6km
Lamlash, 8km
Allan Park, 7km
Hampden, 9km
Malcolm, 11km
Moltke, 13km
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Nearby Lakes: |
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Marl Lake, 3km
Lake Rosalind, 3km
Westfall's Lake, 4km
Metzger Pond, 5km
Ruhl Lake, 4km
Dankert Lake, 6km
Pearl Lake, 6km
Habermehl Lake, 7km
Allan Park Trout Pond, 8km
McDonald Lake, 11km
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