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Harrow, ON (Nearby: Mcgregor, Kingsville, Amherstburg, Essex, Maidstone)

140 King St W.,
Harrow, Ontario
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Pop. 1,960. In Colchester South T., Essex C., on L. Erie and C. Rds. 13 & 50, 29 km SW of Leamington.
area was settled in the late 1700s by United Empire Loyalists.
In the I 860s Colchester became one of the busiest ports on the N shore of L. Erie, but in 1890 the Lake Erie and Detroit River Railway bypassed the town by 8 km, diverting business to Harrow.
The community was first called Sackville, but that name was changed to Colchester in 1831 after the township, named after the City of Colchester in England.

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Off the beaten track:	Colchester, 0km Klie's Beach, 1km Lypps Beach, 4km Oxley, 4km Seymour Beach, 4km Ambassador Beach, 5km Comet, 5km Belcreft Beach, 5km East Harrow, 6km Levergood Beach, 6km The Meadows, 7km Marshfield, 10km Pleasant Valley, Kingsville area, 10km Lake Erie Country Club, 9km Vereker, 12km Sinasac Corners, 13km Arner, 10km	Malden Centre, 12km New Canaan, 15km Barretville, 14km Cedar Beach, Kingsville area, 12km Lakewood Beach, 13km Busy Bee Corners, 15km New California, 13km Cedarhurst Park, 13km Gesto, 17km McGregor Junction, 18km Willowood, 14km Elford, 16km Willow Beach, Amherstburg area, 14km Edgars, 19km Linden Beach, 15km Sunset Beach, Amherstburg area, 16km Bar Point, 16km	Klondyke, 18km Amherst Pointe, 17km Glen Eden, 17km Paquette Corners, 22km Delisle's Corners, 23km North Ridge, 23km Edgewater Beach, 23km River Canard, 26km Oliver, Windsor area, 28km Pelton, 29km Pleasant Park, 28km Union, Leamington area, 22km Ruthven, 23km Roseland, Windsor area, 30km Fairplay, 31km Olinda, 24km
Nearby Lakes:	International Lake, 22km Lake Henry, 30km Fox Lagoon, 36km Sanctuary Pond, 32km West Cranberry Pond, 34km Girardin Pond, 35km Lake Pond, 35km Round Pond, 35km East Cranberry Pond, 35km Redhead Pond, 36km Bush Pond, 36km Lake St. Clair, 55km Stub Lake, 67km Snooks Lake, 66km Goose Lake, 69km Club House Pond, 68km Goose Lake, 68km	South Pond, 69km Lake Chipican, 121km The Mill Pond, 123km Bell's Pond, 161km Lake Erie, 159km Union Pond, 165km Sanders Pond, 166km Pinafore Lake, 168km The Cove, 176km Walkers Pond, 177km Westminster Ponds, 178km Pond Mills, 179km Tennants Pond, 180km Morrison Lake, 196km White's Pond, 178km Springwater Pond, 179km Fanshawe Lake, 188km	Foster Ponds, 186km Beattie Pond, 187km Tricks Pond, 210km Mill Pond, 190km Mud Lakes, 189km Lake Whittaker, 193km Mud Lake, 201km Sunova Lake, 208km Spring Lake, 200km Wildwood Lake, 211km Harrington Pond, 213km Centreville Pond, 209km Embro Pond, 213km Mud Lake, 240km Lake Lisgar, 207km St. Josephs Lake, 208km

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