Rural Routes Ontario - Kent Bridge

17 Victoria St.
Thamesville, Ontario
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Ontario Tourism Region : Southwestern

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Pop. 76. In Chatham T., Kent Co., on the Thames R. and C. Rds. 2 & 15, 16 km NE of Chatham.
The community was named Kent Bridge when a wooden bridge was built across the Thames in 1854.
The first settler was Frederick Arnold, a United Empire Loyalist who came in the 1790s and built a gristmill on Arnold' s Creek.
The great Indian chief Tecumseh spent his last night at Arnold's Mill and on the day of the Battle of the Thames he stood under a beech tree waiting for Arnold to throw three shovels of earth off the mill dam as a signal the Americans were approaching
A tavern built by John Williams was a regular stage stop here in 1828 when the place was known as Howard Bridge.
In the mid-1840s Christopher Gee opened a brickyard and also operated a ferry across the river. Until the bridge was built, the place was called Gee's Ferry.

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Off the beaten track:	Northwood, 3km Wabash, 6km Arkwood, 5km Thorncliffe, Chatham area, 6km Louisville, 6km Appledore, 6km Vosburg, 8km Van Horne, 9km North Thamesville, 8km Dawn Mills, 9km Botany, 8km Pinehurst, 11km McKay's Corners, 10km Eberts, 9km Darrell, 10km Riverside Trailer Park, 12km Selton, Ridgetown area, 11km	Kent Centre, 15km Huffs Corners, Dresden area, 16km Huffman Corners, 15km Richardson, 15km Mull, 15km Wilsonwood, 15km Rutherford, 16km Fargo, 18km Beechwood, Ridgetown area, 14km Moraviantown, 16km Oakdale, 22km Oriole Parkway, 19km Blenheim Junction, 21km Turin, 16km Doyles, 21km Ridgetown, 18km Shetland, 22km	Oungah, 17km Dawn Valley, 20km Tupperville, 18km Troy, Blenheim area, 21km Bothwell Station, 20km Bentpath, 23km Guilds, 23km Edys Mills, 25km Bear Line, 19km Rhodes, 23km Cedar Springs, 26km Eatonville, 23km Oldfield, 20km Charlemont, 22km Pain Court, 23km Sandison, 28km
Nearby Lakes:	The Mill Pond, 31km Goose Lake, 32km Club House Pond, 32km South Pond, 32km Goose Lake, 37km Snooks Lake, 40km Lake St. Clair, 43km Stub Lake, 43km Lake Chipican, 61km Bush Pond, 69km East Cranberry Pond, 70km West Cranberry Pond, 70km Lake Pond, 71km Redhead Pond, 72km Sanctuary Pond, 71km Girardin Pond, 72km Round Pond, 72km	Bell's Pond, 72km Lake Henry, 89km Union Pond, 75km The Cove, 83km Pinafore Lake, 78km Sanders Pond, 77km Lake Erie, 78km Walkers Pond, 85km Westminster Ponds, 85km Pond Mills, 87km Fox Lagoon, 100km Tennants Pond, 88km Fanshawe Lake, 95km Morrison Lake, 107km White's Pond, 88km Springwater Pond, 89km Foster Ponds, 94km	Beattie Pond, 95km Mill Pond, 98km Mud Lakes, 97km International Lake, 96km Tricks Pond, 126km Lake Whittaker, 101km Sunova Lake, 115km Mud Lake, 109km Wildwood Lake, 118km Spring Lake, 109km Harrington Pond, 120km Centreville Pond, 116km Embro Pond, 120km Lake Lisgar, 117km Lake Victoria, 131km St. Josephs Lake, 118km

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