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The Wallaceburg Courier Press is a local paper owned and operated by Postmedia Network. It was owned by Gary O'Flynn from its debut in September 1972 to 1991. O'Flynn was a former mayor of the town (1989–1991). The Courier Press continues to print weekly and is online. The Wallaceburg News was a local paper owned and operated by the Osprey ...
The shield has the word 'Wallaceburg' (or 'Wallaceburg District SS', or 'Wallaceburg DSS'), the oil lamp (representing learning), and a beaver (part of the then-town's coat of arms). The scroll has the Latin words Sapientia hominum custos (wisdom human keeper). It was designed by Principal Laing and W. Clair F. Weir in 1939.
The Sydenham River is a river in Chatham-Kent, Lambton County and Middlesex County in southwestern Ontario, Canada, flowing southwest from its source west of London, Ontario and emptying into Lake Saint Clair. [1] The length of the river is 165 kilometres (103 mi) and it drains a watershed of approximately 2,700 square kilometres (1,000 sq mi).
The river enters Chatham-Kent, takes in the right tributary Running Creek, and reaches its mouth at the Sydenham River, at an elevation of 175 metres (574 ft), at the community of Wallaceburg. [3] The Sydenham River flows via the Chenail Ecarté (The Snye), Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River to Lake Erie. [1] [2] [4]
There are two Sydenham Rivers in Ontario. The Sydenham River (Lake Huron) flows north from Williams Lake and falls over the Niagara Escarpment, through the city of Owen Sound and into Georgian Bay. The Sydenham River (Lake Saint Clair) flows west and south from near London, emptying into Lake St. Clair at Wallaceburg
The museum houses an interactive exhibit dedicated to the local folklore and ghost story traditionally referred to as The Baldoon Mystery. The lore of said mystery is centered around Wallaceburg farmer John T. McDonald and his family during the years of 1830–1840, and the community's belief that the family was being cursed by a witch. [9]
Within Wallaceburg, Highway 78 originally began at the intersection of James Street and Duncan / McDougal Streets, where Highway 40 turned from south to west. [11] When the Lord Selkirk Bridge was opened by the Minister of Highways, George Doucett , on November 23, 1950, Highway 40 was redirected across the Sydenham River along McNaughton ...
Sydenham is an eastern suburb of the town of Leamington Spa, in the Warwick district, in the county of Warwickshire, England.. Prior to the 1960s the area was rural, with only agricultural buildings and a small water mill existing.