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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 .
A map of Ontario showing the location of Chatham-Kent: Date: 16 October 2007: ... Chatham-Kent; Kent County, Ontario; List of townships in Ontario; User:Vidioman/Maps;
Before 1998, Kent County consisted of the townships of Camden, Chatham, Dover, Harwich, Howard, Orford, Raleigh, Romney, Tilbury East and Zone. In some of Canada's earliest post-Confederation censuses, some residences in Kent County were incorrectly reported as being in Bothwell "County", which was a separate electoral district comprising parts ...
Map of Townships in Ontario South of the French River c. 1950 - 1960. ... Muskoka County in Ontario. ... Chatham-Kent in Ontario. Historical Townships [1] [2]
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.
Dresden is an agricultural community in the municipality of Chatham-Kent in southwestern Ontario, Canada.Located on the Sydenham River, it is named after Dresden, Germany. [a] The main field crops in the area are grain corn, soybean, and winter wheat, [2] and the principal horticultural crops are tomatoes, sweet corn, and carrots.
Suffolk County (1792–1800) formed in 1792 with Ontario County, in 1800 it was split into the Counties of Kent, Elgin and Middlesex. During its short existence it was made up of Delaware Township, Westminster Township, most of North Dorchester Township and the rest Indian land.
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.