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King & North
Arkona,
Ontario
N0M 2K0
Ontario Tourism Region : Southwestern
Phone : (519) 828-3360
Your Host(s) : Arkona Post Office
Description From Owner:
- Pop. 512. In Bosanquet and Warwick Ts., Lambton C., on C. Rds. 12 & 79, 56 km. E ofSarnia. Asa Townsend settled in 1821. The community was fIrst called Eastman's Corners because many families named Eastman had settled here.
- The post office opened in 1851 as Bosanquet, after the township. The village was known as Smithfield for a time, but in 1857 some settlers of German extraction had the name changed to Arkona after Cape Arkona on Germany's northern coast.
- From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884
Address of this page:
http://www.ruralroutes.com/arkona
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Visitors to this page: 2,520
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