Jarvis is a small community in Haldimand County

Haldimand County, Ontario

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, Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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. Jarvis is located near the towns of Simcoe

Simcoe, Ontario

Simcoe is an unincorporated community and former town in Southwestern Ontario, Canada located near Lake Erie. It is the county seat and largest community of Norfolk County....

, Townsend

Townsend, Ontario

Townsend is a planned community in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada that was founded in 1970 with the expectation it would house the developing industrial region to the south around Nanticoke.-Summary:...

, Cayuga

Cayuga, Ontario

Cayuga is an unincorporated community and county seat in the province of Ontario, Canada located at the intersection of Highway 3 and Munsee Street and along the Grand River in Haldimand County. Cayuga is about a 20 minute drive from Lake Erie and 30 minutes south of Hamilton and 115 minutes south...

, Port Dover

Port Dover, Ontario

Port Dover is an unincorporated community and former town located in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada on the north shore of Lake Erie.The community was the subject of an American raid during the War of 1812, on May 14, 1814....

 and Hagersville

Hagersville, Ontario

Hagersville is a community in Haldimand County, Ontario which gained international notoriety in 1990 for a gigantic uncontrolled tire fire which spewed toxic smoke for seventeen days...

. It is located at the crossroads of Highway 3

Highway 3 (Ontario)

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 and Highway 6

Highway 6 (Ontario)

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Facilities

Businesses in the town of Jarvis include a gas station and several restaurant

Restaurant

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s, two convenience store

Convenience store

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s, beer

Beer

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 and wine

Wine

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 can be found. There is also a Sears catalogue store and car dealership that also sells motorcycle trikes, a flower

Flower

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 store, a new and gently used children's clothing shop, also a butcher

Butcher

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 shop. There is only one bank

Bank

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 in Jarvis (CIBC). Schools include: Jarvis District Christian School

Jarvis District Christian School

The Jarvis District Christian School is a Christian school in Jarvis, Ontario : Haldimand County, Ontario.-References:*...

 and Jarvis Public School. Jarvis also has a tennis court and baseball diamond and community centre that holds Jack and Jills, Weddings and other events.
Jarvis also hosts a festival in August called "Cornfest", which has tonnes of fresh buttered corn to eat, as well many musical acts come to Jarvis to play at the festival. More info at http://www.cornfest.ca.
The main musical act for Cornfest 2010 was The Road Hammers.

Features

During the second world war an airstrip and bombing range was constructed in Jarvis for training purposes. In 1955, the runway was converted to an automobile race track

Race track

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 called Harewood Acres. In its time, it was one of the premiere road race courses in North America

North America

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. In 1970, the site was sold to Texaco Canada

Texaco

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 and turned into the Nanticoke Refinery (opened in 1978), which remains there to this day (now as an Imperial Oil

Imperial Oil

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 facility). Jarvis is home of the famous annual summer Cornfest. In 2007, the Canadian band Blue Rodeo

Blue Rodeo

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performed live on stage. Jarvis also is the home of the Jarvis Travelers Fastballteam, winner of the ISC World Tournament in 2010.