9589 Ipperwash Rd.,
Forest, Ontario
N0N 1J0

Ontario Tourism Region : Southwestern

Phone : (519) 243-2258
Your Host(s) : Carolinian Forest Campground

Description From Owner:

• Pop. 2,849. In Warwick T., Lambton C., on Hwy 21 and C. Rd. 12,37 km NE of Sarnia.
• The community started with the completion of the Grand Trunk Railway line from Stratford to Sarnia in 1859.
• There had been scattered settlement in the area as far back as the 1840s, but the place became a pumping station for the railroad and was called Forest because of the heavy forest covering the area.
• A post office opened in 1862 as Forest, and the name remained even after the trees had been felled and the community became an agricultural centre.
• In 1888, when villagers sought town status, the community was just shy of the required population of2,000.
• To get around this technicality, it was arranged to have one of the Grand Trunk Railway passenger cars wait at the station for one hour -- just long enough to register the passengers and crew as residents of Forest.
• From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884

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