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434794 Zorra Line
Beachville,
Ontario
N0J 1A0
Ontario Tourism Region : Southwestern
Phone : (519) 423-6554
Your Host(s) : Canada Post Beachville
Description From Owner:
- Pop. 807. In West Oxford T., Oxford C., on C. Rds. 12 & 40, 5 km. S of Woodstock.
- First known as Floodtown, the post office was established as Sviaborg in 1857. The name is that of a fortress in the Gulf of Finland near Helsinki, heavily bombarded by the Allies during the Crimean War of 1854.
- An elderly resident had been reading about the place in a report of the Crimean War and suggested Floodtown be named Sviaborg. When the post office stamp arrived, the name had been misspelled as Sweaburg. The error was never corrected.
- From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884
Address of this page:
http://www.ruralroutes.com/sweaburg
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Visitors to this page: 2,362
Off the beaten track: |
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Sweaburg, 1km
Foldens, 4km
Curries, 4km
Dorland, Woodstock area, 6km
Zenda, 9km
Holbrook, 8km
Perrys Lane, 9km
Hagles Corners, 8km
Oxford Centre, 8km
Salford, 9km
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Nearby Lakes: |
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Hodges Pond, 3km
Centreville Pond, 8km
Trout Lake, 16km
Mud Lake, 15km
Trotters Lake, 17km
Fowlers Pond, 17km
Spring Lake, 18km
Buchanan Lake, 18km
Park Haven Lake, 18km
Buck Pond, 19km
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