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1535 Haist,
Fonthill,
Ontario
L0S 1E0
Ontario Tourism Region : Niagara Falls and Wine Country
Phone : (905) 892-3622
Your Host(s) : Davis Hall Community Centre
Description From Owner:
- Pop. 6,000. Part of the Town of Pelham, Reg. Mun. of Niagara on C. Rds. 20, 36 & 63,10 km NW of Welland.
- The place was first called Osborne's Comers after the first settler, but named Pelham after the township when the post office opened in 1836.
- The township was named after Henry Pelham, fifth Duke of Newcastle. Most early settlers came either from England or Nova Scotia, the latter persuaded to move by Dexter D'Everardo, appointed the first county registrar in 1851.
- During the 1840s Pelham was called Temperanceville, but in 1856 the community was renamed Fonthill after Fonthill Abbey in Wiltshire, England.
- From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884
Address of this page:
http://www.ruralroutes.com/fonthill
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Visitors to this page: 3,613
Off the beaten track: |
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Kunda Park, 1km
Pelham Corners, 2km
Ridgeville, 2km
Effingham, 4km
Turners Corners, 3km
Stop 19, 4km
St. Johns, Niagara Falls area, 5km
Pelham Centre, 4km
Maple Park, 5km
Chantler, 5km
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Nearby Lakes: |
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Lake Moodie, 8km
Lake Gibson, 8km
Sixteen Mile Pond, 15km
Fifteen Mile Pond, 15km
Eighteen Mile Pond, 15km
Martindale Pond, 16km
Quarry Ponds, 17km
Biederman Pond, 17km
The Clay Pits, 18km
Eight Mile Pond, 22km
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