Rural Routes - Rodney

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Rodney, Ontario
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Ontario Tourism Region : Southwestern

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Pop. 1,165. In Aldborough T., Elgin C., onC. Rds. 103& 104, 56 kIn SW of St. Thomas. The first settler and founder was William Hoskins, a weaver from England who came to the township in 1854.
Hoskins built a home, in error, on the wrong lot (the 7th Concession, rather than the 6th); so he had to build another house for his family.
The community was first known as Centreville, but when the post office was established in 1865 it was named Rodney after Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney of the British Navy who had distinguished himself in the Seven Years' War.
Rodney claims to have the smallest jail in North America. It was reopened by their tourist commission in 1995 after it had been closed for half a century.
The two-cell, 270 square foot (24.3 m) hoosegow was built in 1890 and 'out-minis' prior claimants Port Dalhousie, Tweed and Coboconk.

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Off the beaten track:	Ferndell, 6km Churchville, Wallacetown area, 5km Kintyre, 6km New Glasgow, 7km Crinan, 9km West Lorne, 7km Port Glasgow, 9km Clearville, 11km Wardsville, 12km Clachan, 10km Eagle, 10km Woodgreen, 13km Campbellton, 15km Strathburn, 17km Palmyra, 16km Tate Corners, 17km Largie, 17km	Newbury Station, 18km Turin, 16km North Glencoe Station, 22km Ekfrid, 22km Moraviantown, 17km Duttona Beach, 18km Tyrconnell, 18km Bothwell Station, 19km Wallacetown, 19km Ridgetown, 22km Beechwood, Ridgetown area, 21km Kilmartin, 26km North Appin Station, 27km Mayfair, 26km Riverside, St. Thomas area, 26km Cairo, 23km Macksville, 28km	Walkers, 28km Selton, Ridgetown area, 22km Grays, 27km Middlemiss, 27km Melbourne, 30km New Scotland, Blenheim area, 28km Eatonville, 28km North Ekfrid, 32km Rondeau Park, 30km Troy, Blenheim area, 28km Thamesville, 24km Longwood, 32km Thames River Siding, 29km Rondeau Bay Estates, 31km Springfield, Strathroy area, 34km Botany, 26km
Nearby Lakes:	The Mill Pond, 11km Bell's Pond, 40km Union Pond, 43km Sanders Pond, 45km Pinafore Lake, 46km Lake Erie, 48km The Cove, 56km Walkers Pond, 57km Westminster Ponds, 57km Pond Mills, 58km Tennants Pond, 58km White's Pond, 56km Springwater Pond, 57km Foster Ponds, 64km Fanshawe Lake, 68km Beattie Pond, 65km Mud Lakes, 67km	Mill Pond, 68km Goose Lake, 64km Club House Pond, 64km South Pond, 64km Lake Whittaker, 71km Morrison Lake, 90km Lake Chipican, 76km Goose Lake, 69km Snooks Lake, 72km Mud Lake, 78km Spring Lake, 78km Stub Lake, 75km Sunova Lake, 88km Lake St. Clair, 76km Wildwood Lake, 92km Centreville Pond, 87km Harrington Pond, 94km	Embro Pond, 92km Lake Lisgar, 85km Bush Pond, 94km St. Josephs Lake, 86km East Cranberry Pond, 95km Tricks Pond, 113km West Cranberry Pond, 95km Lake Pond, 96km Redhead Pond, 96km Round Pond, 96km Girardin Pond, 96km Sanctuary Pond, 96km Lake Victoria, 107km Hodges Pond, 97km McCarthy Lake, 108km Mill Pond, 97km

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