Rural Routes - Dresden

196 Main St.,
Dresden, Ontario
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Pop. 2,589. In Camden T., Kent C., on the Sydenham R., 28 km. from its mouth in Mitchell Bay, L. St. Clair, and C. Rds. 21 & 29, 26 km. N of Chatham.
The first settler was Jared Lindsley in 1825. The community was first called Fairport, but when the post office opened in 1852 it was named Dresden after the German city.
Prior to 1840, some fugitive slaves from the U.S. had settled in the area.
In 1841, Rev. Josiah Henson, a Maryland-born former slave who had escaped to Canada in 1830, bought 200 acres (81 ha) ofland near here with the help of abolitionists and opened a vocational school for fugitive slaves called the British American Institute
Henson was immortalized in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. His former house and other buildings are now a museum.

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Off the beaten track:	Dawn Mills, 4km Thorncliffe, Chatham area, 6km Appledore, 8km Dawn Valley, 8km Rutherford, 9km Tupperville, 7km Eberts, 10km Wabash, 9km Darrell, 12km Charlemont, 10km Bentpath, 14km Huffs Corners, Dresden area, 11km Arkwood, 13km Louisville, 14km Beaver Meadow, 15km Oldfield, 12km Oungah, 15km	Vosburg, 17km Edys Mills, 17km Northwood, 15km Riverside Trailer Park, 18km Van Horne, 18km Terminus, 17km Bear Line, 18km North Thamesville, 15km Becher, 16km Oakdale, 18km Electric, 16km Bradshaw, Oil Springs area, 20km Baldoon, 17km Wilsonwood, 22km West Becher, 17km Wallaceburg, 17km Thamesville, 17km	Cromar, 23km Richardson, 24km Oriole Parkway, 24km Botany, 20km Pinehurst, 22km Wilkesport, 21km Pain Court, 24km Shetland, 21km Kent Centre, 25km Duthill, 21km McKay's Corners, 22km Avonry, 23km Brigden, 26km Waubuno, 25km Huffman Corners, 26km Selton, Ridgetown area, 22km
Nearby Lakes:	South Pond, 25km Goose Lake, 25km Club House Pond, 26km Goose Lake, 29km Snooks Lake, 32km Stub Lake, 34km The Mill Pond, 36km Lake St. Clair, 39km Lake Chipican, 49km Bush Pond, 73km West Cranberry Pond, 73km East Cranberry Pond, 74km Sanctuary Pond, 74km Lake Pond, 75km Redhead Pond, 76km Girardin Pond, 75km Round Pond, 76km	Lake Henry, 93km Bell's Pond, 79km The Cove, 86km Fox Lagoon, 103km Union Pond, 82km Pinafore Lake, 84km Sanders Pond, 84km Walkers Pond, 88km Westminster Ponds, 88km International Lake, 93km Pond Mills, 90km Morrison Lake, 104km Lake Erie, 88km Tennants Pond, 92km Fanshawe Lake, 97km Foster Ponds, 98km White's Pond, 95km	Tricks Pond, 121km Beattie Pond, 99km Springwater Pond, 96km Mill Pond, 101km Mud Lakes, 101km Lake Whittaker, 106km Sunova Lake, 116km Wildwood Lake, 119km Mud Lake, 113km Harrington Pond, 121km Spring Lake, 114km Embro Pond, 122km Centreville Pond, 120km Lake Victoria, 132km Mud Lake, 153km McCarthy Lake, 134km

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