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1880: Wiarton becomes an incorporated village with a population of 752. 1882: The railway reaches the village; this will soon make Wiarton into "the commercial entrepot for the peninsula". 1891: The old public school building is expanded and made into a high school. 1893: Wiarton is incorporated into a town, effective 1 January 1894.
South Bruce Peninsula is a town at the base of the Bruce Peninsula of Ontario, Canada, in Bruce County between Lake Huron and Georgian Bay.It was formed on January 1, 1999, when the town of Wiarton, the village of Hepworth, and the townships of Albemarle and Amabel were amalgamated.
Bruce County is a county in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.It has eight lower-tier municipalities with a total 2016 population of 66,491. It is named for James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, the sixth Governor General of the Province of Canada.
Wiarton Keppel International Airport, or Wiarton Airport (IATA: YVV, ICAO: CYVV), is located 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) east of Wiarton, Ontario, Canada.. It is classified as an airport of entry by the Canada Border Services Agency on a call out basis from the Waterloo International Airport on weekdays and the John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport on weekends during the summer ...
Because township government is defined by each state, the use of this form also varies by state. States using a township form include the following: Township government is used in Indiana, Iowa [5], Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Wisconsin (in Wisconsin known as towns).
A civil township is a unit of local government in the U.S., which is subordinate to a county. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on the laws of the respective state . In many states, townships are organized and operate under the authority of state statutes, similar to counties.
Amabel-Sauble Community School was built in 1995 as an experiment in joint ownership between the board and the Township of Amabel (now part of South Bruce Peninsula); the school provides primary curriculum from Jr. Kindergarten to Grade 8. The closest secondary school is Peninsula Shores District School in Wiarton, Ontario.
Whicher served as mayor of Wiarton, Ontario from 1953 until 1955 when he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as the Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Bruce. In 1958, he was a candidate for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party , but received only 39 votes and dropped off after the first ballot at the party's ...