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100 Scott
Walkerton,
Ontario
N0G 1J0
Ontario Tourism Region : Bruce Peninsula, Southern Georgian Bay and Lake Simcoe
Phone : (519) 881-2230
Your Host(s) : Canada Post Walkerton
Description From Owner:
- Pop. 4,752. In Brant T., Bruce C., on the Saugeen R. and C. Rd. 4, 77 km. SW of Owen Sound.
- In 1849, William Jasper and Edward Boulton built the first house.
- A year later, Joseph Walker built the first sawmill at the place then called Elgin.
- The community developed on Walker's farm lots and its name was changed to Walkerton. For nine years Walker tried to have it declared the county town.
- Eventually he succeeded, and when Walkerton was incorporated as a town in 1871, Walker became the first mayor. In 2000, a deadly strain ofE. coli in the town's water system killed seven people and left another 2,300 seriously ill.
- From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884
Address of this page:
http://www.ruralroutes.com/walkertonontario
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Visitors to this page: 2,051
Off the beaten track: |
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Otter Creek, Mildmay area, 4km
Dunkeld, 6km
Maple Hill, Hanover area, 6km
Carlsruhe, 9km
Deemerton, 10km
Lake Rosalind, 9km
Cargill Siding, 10km
Greenock, 9km
Pearl Lake, 11km
Malcolm, 13km
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Nearby Lakes: |
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Hamel's Pond, 10km
Ruhl Lake, 8km
Witter's Pond, 11km
Marl Lake, 9km
Lake Rosalind, 10km
Cargill Mill Pond, 11km
Pearl Lake, 11km
Mullin's Mill Pond, 10km
Dankert Lake, 12km
Metzger Pond, 12km
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