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The City of Kawartha Lakes (2021 population 79,247 [2]) is a single-tier municipality in Central Ontario, Canada. Though structured as a single-tier municipality, Kawartha Lakes is the size of a typical Ontario county and is mostly rural. It is the second largest single-tier municipality in Ontario by land area (after Greater Sudbury).
Kawartha Lakes This Week is a weekly, community newspaper in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada, that was established in 1977 under the title Lindsay This Week. It is one of three newspapers in the Kawartha Division of Metroland Publishing , a company that owns newspapers across Ontario.
Mariposa Township within Kawartha Lakes. The Township of Mariposa was a municipality located in the southwest corner of the former Victoria County, now the city of Kawartha Lakes, in the Canadian province of Ontario. The other municipal neighbours of Mariposa are Ops and Fenelon on the east, Eldon on the north, Brock on the west, and Scugog on ...
Lindsay is a community of 22,367 people (2021 census) [2] on the Scugog River in the Kawartha Lakes region of south-eastern Ontario, Canada. It is approximately 43 km (27 mi) west of Peterborough. It is located in the City of Kawartha Lakes, and is the hub for business and commerce in the region.
Valentia is a small community founded in 1807, located in the city of Kawartha Lakes, just south of the town of Lindsay on County Road 18 [1] northeast of Lake Scugog.During its bicentennial celebrations in August 2007, it held its first Valentia Heritage Rodeo.
In 2013, a state of emergency was declared for the City of Kawartha Lakes due to flooding in the Burnt River, Black River and Gull River watersheds. On April 20, 2013, the Burnt River was rising at an average rate of 1.7 cm/h and not expected to crest within the next 24–36 hours.
When the township of Bexley (in the now defunct Victoria County, now the city of Kawartha Lakes) was surveyed in the 1830s, [1] St. Mary's was the first town site reserved in the newly surveyed area. [2] It was to be built on the west shore of West Bay on Balsam Lake, at the end of the Portage Road.
In 2023, the Township of Brock in the Regional Municipality of Durham was removed from the riding and placed in the new riding of York—Durham, and the County of Peterborough Townships of Trent Lakes and North Kawartha were added. As a consequence, the name of the electoral district changed to "Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes".