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Dorchester is a town in Ontario whose name first applied to the township and honours Sir Guy Carleton, Lord Dorchester (1724-1808). The name was changed from Dorchester Station on May 3, 1961. [ 1 ] Dorchester is the residential and commercial core of the municipality of Thames Centre , in Southwestern Ontario , Canada , a few kilometres ...
The Upper Thames River Conservation Authority is a body based in London, Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1947. It was created in 1947. It was responsible for the construction of the Fanshawe Dam , completed in the 1950s, to control flooding from the Thames River , which runs through London.
Thames Centre is a municipality in Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada, directly east of the City of London. [3] It was formed on January 1, 2001, when the townships of West Nissouri and North Dorchester were amalgamated. [4] It is part of the London census metropolitan area. Thames Centre includes the Degree Confluence of 43N 81W.
Fanshawe Dam is a dam located on North Thames River near the eastern edge of London, Ontario. The crest of the dam is 625 metres long. It is 30.5 metres in height and drops the river surface 12 metres. Fanshawe Lake is the reservoir created by the dam. The hydroelectric generator of the Fanshawe Dam generates enough power to run 400 households. [1]
Conservation Ontario is the network of Ontario’s 36 conservation authorities in Ontario, Canada.Conservation Authorities are local, watershed management agencies that deliver services and programs that protect and manage water and other natural resources in partnership with government, landowners and other organizations.
The Thames River (/ t ɛ m z / [5]) is located in southwestern Ontario, Canada. The Thames flows southwest for 273 kilometres (170 mi) [3] through southwestern Ontario, from the Town of Tavistock through the cities of Woodstock, London and Chatham to Lighthouse Cove on Lake St. Clair. Its drainage basin is 5,825 square kilometres (2,249 sq mi). [3]
A conservation authority is a local, community-based natural resource management agency [1] based in Ontario, Canada.Conservation authorities represent groupings of municipalities on a watershed basis and work in partnership with other agencies to carry out natural resource management activities within their respective watersheds, on behalf of their member municipalities and the Province of ...
Map of Upper Canada showing 1792 division into counties and ridings. Simcoe toured the southwestern portion of the province's territory in early 1793 and concluded that the lower forks of the Thames would be best suited as the future site of the provincial capital. The names London in Middlesex were considered more appropriate for this.