Rural Routes - Forest

9589 Ipperwash Rd.,
Forest, Ontario
N0N 1J0

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Ontario Tourism Region : Southwestern

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Pop. 2,849. In Warwick T., Lambton C., on Hwy 21 and C. Rd. 12,37 km NE of Sarnia.
The community started with the completion of the Grand Trunk Railway line from Stratford to Sarnia in 1859.
There had been scattered settlement in the area as far back as the 1840s, but the place became a pumping station for the railroad and was called Forest because of the heavy forest covering the area.
A post office opened in 1862 as Forest, and the name remained even after the trees had been felled and the community became an agricultural centre.
In 1888, when villagers sought town status, the community was just shy of the required population of2,000.
To get around this technicality, it was arranged to have one of the Grand Trunk Railway passenger cars wait at the station for one hour -- just long enough to register the passengers and crew as residents of Forest.

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Off the beaten track:	Kinnaird, 6km Gustin Grove, 7km Cedar Point, 7km Glendale Beach, 7km Uttoxeter, 8km Kettle Point, 9km Hillsborough Beach, 7km Jura, 7km Ravenswood, 10km Jericho, 8km Aberarder, 9km Warwick, 11km Highland Glen, 9km Springvale, Thedford area, 11km Birnam, 11km Kertch, 14km Wanstead, 17km	Reeces Corners, 16km Thedford, 15km Port Franks, 17km Walden Place, 18km Wyoming, 19km Watford, 19km Sutorville, 22km Walker Woods, 19km Errol, 17km Wisbeach, 19km Eton Court, 18km Sylvan, 19km Kennedy Acres, 19km Huron Heights, Sarnia area, 20km Walnut, 26km Dejong, 22km Marthaville, 25km	Keyser, 21km Sable, 22km Vyner, 23km Mandaumin, 25km Weidmann, 31km Glen Rae, 31km Rokeby, 30km Adelaide, 26km Southcott Pines, 30km Greenway, 28km Osborne, Sarnia area, 30km Bunyan, 29km Bornish, 26km Napperton, 28km Parkhill, 27km Napier, 32km
Nearby Lakes:	Lake Chipican, 34km The Mill Pond, 53km Morrison Lake, 53km Tricks Pond, 64km The Cove, 61km South Pond, 77km Goose Lake, 77km Club House Pond, 78km Goose Lake, 77km Walkers Pond, 65km Westminster Ponds, 66km Snooks Lake, 79km Stub Lake, 79km Fanshawe Lake, 67km Pond Mills, 68km Tennants Pond, 72km Pinafore Lake, 76km	Bell's Pond, 78km Union Pond, 79km Lake St. Clair, 90km Mud Lake, 95km Sanders Pond, 80km Foster Ponds, 76km Beattie Pond, 77km Mill Pond, 77km Mud Lakes, 80km Wildwood Lake, 80km Sunova Lake, 80km Purvis Lake, 104km Harrington Pond, 83km White's Pond, 87km Springwater Pond, 88km Wraith's Lake, 107km Lake Whittaker, 87km	Lake Victoria, 89km Embro Pond, 88km Statters Lake, 114km Lake Erie, 101km McCarthy Lake, 92km Hayes Lake, 116km Mud Lake, 91km McFarlane Lake, 116km Hodgins Lake, 117km McGlinn Lake, 117km Clam Lake, 119km Centreville Pond, 93km Silver Lake, 120km Wroxeter Mill Pond, 110km Spring Lake, 95km Gordon Lake, 124km

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