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Kent County, area 2,458 km 2 (949 sq mi) is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario. The county was created in 1792 and named by John Graves Simcoe in honour of the English County . The county is in an alluvial plain between Lake St. Clair , and Lake Erie , watered by two navigable streams , the Thames River and the Sydenham River .
Wheatley is a community in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, within the municipality of Chatham-Kent.It lies about 12 kilometres (7 mi) east of Leamington.Nearby parks include Two Creeks Conservation Area, which has 15 km of hiking and bicycling paths, Kopegaron Woods Conservation Area, Hillman Marsh Conservation Area and Point Pelee National Park.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 February 2025. List of communities in Ontario, Canada The following is a list of unincorporated and informal communities in the province of Ontario, Canada. These communities are not independent communities, these are usually a part of a township for the district, within a county. In non-urban areas ...
Chatham-Kent (2021 population: 103,988) [1] is a single-tier municipality in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is mostly rural, and its population centres are Chatham, Wallaceburg , Tilbury , Blenheim , Ridgetown , Wheatley and Dresden .
Buxton National Historic Site and Museum, South Buxton, Ontario. The Buxton National Historic Site and Museum is a tribute to the Elgin Settlement (also known as the Buxton Mission, Raleigh, Kent County), established in 1849 by Reverend William King (1812–1895), [1]: 40 and an association which included Lord Elgin, then the Governor General of Canada.
Wheatley Provincial Park is a protected area in the municipality of Chatham–Kent in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. [2] It is located on Lake Erie near the community of Wheatley and occupies an area of 241 hectares (596 acres). Visitors to nearby Point Pelee National Park often camp at the park.
Kent was a federal electoral district (riding) represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1904, 1917 to 1968, and 1979 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario and was created by the British North America Act of 1867 .
Tilbury (2016 population 4,768 [3]) is a community within the municipality of Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada. It is located 26.5 kilometres (16.5 mi) southwest of Chatham-Kent and 57.3 kilometres (35.6 mi) east of Windsor on Highway 401.