Fenelon Township, Ontario
Encyclopedia
The Township of Fenelon was a municipality
located in the centre of the former Victoria County
, now the city of Kawartha Lakes
, in the Canadian
province of Ontario
. The township was named after François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fenelon (1641–1715, not to be confused with his more famous half-brother of the same name), who founded a missionary on the Bay of Quinte.
Township (Canada)
The term township generally means the district or area associated with a town. However in some systems no town needs to be involved. The specific use of the term to describe political subdivisions has varied by country, usually to describe a local rural or semi-rural government within the county...
located in the centre of the former Victoria County
Victoria County, Ontario
The County of Victoria, or Victoria County, was a county in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was formed in 1854 as The United Counties of Peterborough and Victoria, and gained independence in 1863. In 2001, the county was dissolved and reformed as the city of Kawartha Lakes...
, now the city of Kawartha Lakes
Kawartha Lakes
The city of Kawartha Lakes is a unitary municipality in Central Ontario, Canada. Although called a city, Kawartha Lakes is the size of a typical Ontarian county and is mostly rural....
, in the Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
province of Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
. The township was named after François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fenelon (1641–1715, not to be confused with his more famous half-brother of the same name), who founded a missionary on the Bay of Quinte.
Communities
- Cameron
- Cambray
- Fenelon FallsFenelon Falls, OntarioFenelon Falls is a village in Ontario, Canada, part of the city of Kawartha Lakes. Nicknamed the "Jewel of the Kawarthas," it has a population of 1,800 permanent inhabitants, which swells in the summer due to tourism and cottaging. Fenelon Falls is home to lock 34 on the Trent-Severn Waterway...
- Long Beach
- Sturgeon Point