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263 Bloomfield Main
Bloomfield,
Ontario
K0K 1T0
Ontario Tourism Region : The Great Waterway
Phone : (613) 393-3111
Your Host(s) : Canada Post Bloomfield
Description From Owner:
- Pop. 246. In Hallowell T., Prince Edward C., on West L. and C. Rd. 12, 14 km SW of Picton. The settlement was first called West Point.
- The post office was established in 1865, and the community took its name from West L., on which it is situated.
- West L. is an almost landlocked, triangular-shaped lake off Wellington Bay of Lake Ontario. The first seminary in Canada of the Society of Friends was opened in 1841 a few kms NE of West L.
- The West Lake Boarding School was opened the same year to girls, and the following year a second building was opened to house male students.
- The school was remotely situated and inadequately supported, and was forced to close in 1865. It is now a private dwelling.
- From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884
Address of this page:
http://www.ruralroutes.com/westlakepec
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Visitors to this page: 2,840
Off the beaten track: |
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West Lake, 1km
Sand Banks, 3km
Athol, Picton, 3km
The Outlet, 4km
Hallowell, 5km
Salmon Point, 6km
Cove Beach, West Lake, PEC area, 7km
Wellington, 8km
Huff's Corners, Bloomfield area, 11km
Woodrous, 9km
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Nearby Lakes: |
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West Lake, 3km
East Lake, 5km
Bloomfield Mill Pond, 8km
Mill Pond, 14km
Fish Lake, 21km
Roblin Lake, 20km
Ameliasburg Mill Pond, 21km
Consecon Lake, 19km
Lake on the Mountain, 21km
Lost Lake, 32km
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