Blyth is a community in the municipality of North Huron

North Huron, Ontario

The Township of North Huron is a municipality in Huron County, Ontario, Canada. It was formed in 2001 when the Ontario government imposed amalgamation on municipalities throughout the provinces...

, Huron County

Huron County, Ontario

Huron County is a census division and county of the province of Ontario, Canada. It is located on the southeast shore of its namesake, Lake Huron, in the southwest part of the province...

, Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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. It is located southwest of the town of Wingham

Wingham, Ontario

Wingham is a community located in the municipality of North Huron, Ontario, Canada, which is located in Huron County...

 on Huron Road 4 and geographically south of the town of Lucknow

Lucknow, Ontario

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The community was founded in 1877 but amalgamated into North Huron in 2001. Many of its buildings still retain a Cape Dutch style of detailing that was popular after the Boer War. Today it has a quaint, charming ambiance on its revitalized Queen Street. Locals pronounce the name of their town like "bly-eth" rather than "blithe".

It is the center for an annual drama festival called the Blyth Festival (at the Blyth Festival Theatre

Blyth Festival Theatre

The Blyth Festival, located in Blyth, Ontario, Canada, specializes in the production and promotion of Canadian plays.-History:The organization was started by James Roy, playwright Anne Chislett and local newspaper editor Keith Roulston in 1975...

). Since its inception in 1975, it has premiered 100 Canadian plays. Plays developed at the Blyth Festival have won Governor General 's Awards and a number of Chalmers Awards. It plays to audiences of between forty and fifty thousand annually.

Blyth has the status of a designated place

Designated place

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 in Canadian censuses. It had a population of 990 in the Canada 2006 Census

Canada 2006 Census

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Blyth was known as Drummond.

Transportation

Blyth is at the junction of County Road 4

Highway 4 (Ontario)

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 and County Road 25.

Blyth is served by scheduled bus service to Owen Sound

Owen Sound, Ontario

Owen Sound , the county seat of Grey County, is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada...

 and London

London, Ontario

London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...

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