Rural Routes - Odessa

103 Main St.,
Odessa, Ontario
K0H 2H0

Ontario Tourism Region : The Great Waterway

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Pop. 1,162. In Ernestown T., Lennox and Addington Cs., on Millhaven Cr., and C. Rds. 2 & 4, just S of Hwy 401, 23 km. W of Kingston.
Joshua Booth, a United Empire Loyalist, was the first recorded landowner. He arrived with Jessup's Rangers in 1784. The Rangers were a Loyalist force raised in 1776 in the neighbourhood of Albany by Edward Jessup (1735-1816).
John Link built a grist mill in 1830, and the post office opened as Mill Creek in 1838.
The name was changed to Odessa by postmaster Parker Smith Timmerman in 1855 to commemorate the 1854 siege by the British during the Crimean War of the Russian city Odessa.
Timmerman was postmaster for six decades and revolutionized early mail handling by proposing the central sorting of mail and use of small bags for each distribution point. Prior to this, mail was carried in one large bag and resorted at each stop.

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Off the beaten track:	Asselstine, 4km Wilton, 5km Thorpe, 5km Sharpton, 6km Ernestown, 7km Links Mills, 7km Florida, Kingston area, 7km Nicholsons Point, 8km Millhaven, 9km Bayview, Collins Bay area, 8km Violet, 7km McIntyre, Bath area, 9km Queens Acres, 8km Storms Corners, 8km Westbrook Heights, 8km Westbrook, 8km Elmwood, 9km	Yarker, 11km Murvale, 11km Star Corners, 12km Stella, 12km Glenvale, Kingston area, 9km Collins Bay, 9km Lawrence Park, Collins Bay area, 9km Balmoral Park, Collins Bay, 10km Colebrook, 13km High Gate Park, 10km Morven, 10km Hillview, Kingston area, 10km Bayridge, 11km Emerald, 15km Millers Corner, 13km Switzerville, 11km Petworth, 16km	Auden Park, 12km Lakeland Acres, 13km Henderson Place, 13km Lakeland Point, 13km LaSalle Park, 13km Bur Creek, 13km Hawley, 15km Reddendale, 14km Kepler, 14km Desmond, 16km Milsap, 15km Point Pleasant, Kingston area, 15km Moscow, 18km Galts Corner, 16km Cataraqui, 14km Aylesworth, 14km
Nearby Lakes:	Odessa Lake, 5km Lost Lake, 6km Mill Pond, 9km Varty Lake, 15km Napanee Lake, 18km Pondlily Lake, 19km Hambly Lake, 21km Camden Lake, 19km Pero Lake, 22km Knowlton Lake, 22km Rosedale Lake, 21km Babcock Lake, 23km Verona Lake, 23km Harrow Lake, 23km Spring Lake, 23km Vanluven Lake, 24km Little Mud Lake, 23km	Blakes Lake, 22km McGuinns Lake, 23km Sydenham Lake, 22km First Depot Lake, 25km Black Lake, 25km Silvers Lake, 23km McGuire Lake, 25km Bulls Eye Lake, 23km Cranberry Lake, 26km Fourteen Island Lake, 25km Howes Lake, 26km Little Long Lake, 24km Bass Lake, 27km Cronk Lake, 24km Tims Lake, 26km Hogan Lake, 23km Perrys Lake, 22km	Gould Lake, 25km Dry Lake, 23km Little Devil Lake, 25km Blue Lake, 25km Holleford Lake, 27km Sigsworth Lake, 27km Glassy Lake, 25km Doubloon Lake, 25km Little John Lake, 28km Mica Lake, 25km Harves Lake, 25km Rush Lake, 26km Rothwell Lake, 27km Deline Lake, 27km Darling Lake, 26km Hill Lake, 27km

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