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Owen Sound (2021 Census population 21,612) is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. The seat of government of Grey County , it is located at the mouths of the Pottawatomi and Sydenham Rivers on an inlet of Georgian Bay .
Grey County is a county in the province of Ontario.The county is located in the Southwestern Ontario region, and is a part of the Georgian Triangle.At the time of the 2021 Canadian census the population of the county was 100,905. [1]
It flows southeast, then turns northeast for the remainder of its course. It passes under Ontario Highway 21 at the community of Springmount, and passes over the Niagara Escarpment at Jones Falls. [6] The river then takes in the right tributary Maxwell Creek, enters the municipality of Owen Sound, and reaches its mouth at Georgian Bay. [1] [2]
King's Highway 21, commonly referred to as Highway 21, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario that begins at Highway 402 midway between Sarnia and London and ends at Highway 6, Highway 10 and Highway 26 in Owen Sound.
Georgian Bay has been known by several names. To the Ojibwe, it is known as "Spirit Lake".To the Huron-Wendat, it is known as Lake Attigouatan. Samuel de Champlain, the first European to explore and map the area in 1615–1616, called it "La Mer douce" (the sweet/calm/fresh sea), which was a reference to the bay's freshwater. [1]
Meaford is a municipality in Grey County, Ontario, Canada located on Nottawasaga Bay, a sub-basin of Georgian Bay and Owen Sound Bay. The municipality's seal and motto reflect its heritage as a place of apple orchards, but in the 21st century the area has partly switched to weekend homes, seasonal homes, and lakeside tourism.
Leith is an unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada, named after Leith, Scotland. It is located on the eastern shore of the Owen Sound Bay, an inlet on the south shore of Georgian Bay on Lake Huron. Owen Sound Bay is a broad valley that cuts through the Niagara Escarpment. The valley preceded the last great Ice Age, but was broadened by the ...
Owen Sound: 0.0: 0.0 Highway 6 / Highway 10 south / Highway 21 south (9th Avenue E / 10th Street E) – Chatsworth, Shallow Lake, Southampton: Beginning of Owen Sound Connecting Link agreement; Highway 26 western terminus: 1.7: 1.1: 14th Avenue E: End of Owen Sound Connecting Link agreement: 3.0: 1.9 County Road 5 south (28th Avenue E) Owen ...