Rural Routes - Pelee Island

1029 West Shore Rd.,
Pelee Island, Ontario
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Ontario Tourism Region : Southwestern

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Pop. 644. Part of Essex C., 13 km. SW of Point Pelee in L. Erie. Except for tiny Middle I., Pelee I. is the southernmost point of Canada.
The island was leased from the First Nations Peoples in 1788 by Thomas McKee and purchased in 1823 by William McCormick for $500.
In the winter of 1838 a combined force of infantry, militia, and First Nations Peoples crossed the Ice and routed some 300 American supporters of Mackenzie's Rebellion from Pelee I.
In 1865 three Kentuckians discovered the island's moderate climate was conducive to growing grapes. They founded a winery named Vin Villa which flourished until prohibition.
In 1979 the Pelee Island Winery started business. Its grapes are processed on the mainland. The island's name is derived from the French word 'pelee, 'meaning 'bare,' or 'bald.'
Each autumn 700 huters arrive to fill 18,000 pheasants with buckshot. The island municipality has raised pheasants since 1932 and profits from the hunts help to reduce taxes.

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Off the beaten track:	Pelee Island South, 5km Scudder, 6km Cedar Beach, Kingsville area, 28km Cedarhurst Park, 29km Linden Beach, 30km Union, Leamington area, 31km Seacliffe, 31km Cherry Lane Estates, 31km New California, 31km Ruthven, 32km Erie Curve, 32km Marentette Beach, 30km Arner, 32km Oxley, 30km Klie's Beach, 31km Olinda, 36km Colchester, 32km	Pleasant Valley, Kingsville area, 35km East Harrow, 35km Klondyke, 37km Wigle, 38km Mount Carmel, Kingsville area, 38km Elmdale, 36km Elford, 40km Barretville, 40km Albuna, 42km Lypps Beach, 36km Seymour Beach, 36km Ambassador Beach, 37km Comet, 37km Goldsmith, 42km Marshfield, 40km Belcreft Beach, 38km Holiday Harbour, 40km	Oakland, 43km North Ridge, 44km Levergood Beach, 38km Wheatley, 41km The Meadows, 39km Gesto, 44km Staples, 46km Vereker, 42km Lake Erie Country Club, 41km South Woodslee, 48km New Canaan, 45km Sinasac Corners, 44km Edgars, 47km North Woodslee, 50km Ruscom Station, 50km Windfall, Wheatley area, 48km
Nearby Lakes:	Fox Lagoon, 4km Lake Henry, 8km Girardin Pond, 26km Round Pond, 26km Redhead Pond, 26km Sanctuary Pond, 27km Lake Pond, 27km West Cranberry Pond, 28km East Cranberry Pond, 28km Bush Pond, 29km International Lake, 54km Lake St. Clair, 72km Club House Pond, 82km Snooks Lake, 84km Goose Lake, 83km South Pond, 84km Stub Lake, 85km	Goose Lake, 86km Lake Chipican, 140km The Mill Pond, 126km Lake Erie, 151km Bell's Pond, 159km Union Pond, 162km Sanders Pond, 164km Pinafore Lake, 167km The Cove, 178km Walkers Pond, 179km Westminster Ponds, 180km Pond Mills, 181km White's Pond, 175km Tennants Pond, 181km Springwater Pond, 176km Foster Ponds, 187km Fanshawe Lake, 191km	Beattie Pond, 187km Morrison Lake, 205km Mud Lakes, 189km Mill Pond, 191km Lake Whittaker, 192km Tricks Pond, 222km Mud Lake, 200km Spring Lake, 199km Sunova Lake, 211km Wildwood Lake, 215km Centreville Pond, 209km Lake Lisgar, 204km Harrington Pond, 216km St. Josephs Lake, 204km Embro Pond, 215km Lake Victoria, 229km

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