Thamesville, Ontario
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Thamesville is a community in Chatham-Kent
, Ontario
, Canada
. It is located at the junction of former provincial Highways 2 and 21, between Chatham
and London
. Its name comes from the Thames River that flows nearby and the suffix
-ville.
It has a very small downtown with many notable restaurants and stores. Students get bussed to Dresden, Ontario
for Secondary Education ([Lambton Kent Composite School]). Thamesville has one Public Elementary School (Thamesville Area Central School), and one Catholic Elementary School (Good Shepherd Catholic School).
It is the home of the Threshing Festival, which is held annually in the month of July. The Threshing Festival's main attraction is the midway and the large parade held on the first night of the Festival.
Near Thamesville is the site of a famous battle in the War of 1812
. It is there that Shawnee leader Tecumseh
was killed during the Battle of the Thames
. In tribute to this war hero, a monument stands across from the field where the battle occurred.
Thamesville is also the birthplace of famous Canadian author Robertson Davies
who wrote the Deptford Trilogy of novels (Fifth Business
, The Manticore
, and World of Wonders), in which Thamesville is fictionalized as the town of Deptford, Ontario.
Bulldog Steel Wool is manufactured in Thamesville.
Chatham-Kent, Ontario
Chatham–Kent is a unitary authority in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Mostly rural, its centres of population are Blenheim, Chatham, Dresden, Ridgetown, Tilbury and Wallaceburg. Modern Chatham–Kent was created in 1998 by the merger of Kent County and its municipalities.- History :The former city 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....
, Canada
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...
. It is located at the junction of former provincial Highways 2 and 21, between Chatham
Chatham, Ontario
Chatham is the largest community in the municipality of Chatham-Kent, Ontario. Formerly serving as the seat of Kent County, the governments of the former city of Chatham, the county of Kent, and its townships were merged into one entity known as the Municipality of Chatham-Kent in 1998.Located on...
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...
. Its name comes from the Thames River that flows nearby and the suffix
Suffix
In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns or adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs...
-ville.
It has a very small downtown with many notable restaurants and stores. Students get bussed to Dresden, Ontario
Dresden, Ontario
Dresden is a community in southwestern Ontario, Canada, part of the municipality of Chatham-Kent. Dresden is best known as the home of Josiah Henson, the former U.S. slave whose life story was the inspiration for the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin...
for Secondary Education ([Lambton Kent Composite School]). Thamesville has one Public Elementary School (Thamesville Area Central School), and one Catholic Elementary School (Good Shepherd Catholic School).
It is the home of the Threshing Festival, which is held annually in the month of July. The Threshing Festival's main attraction is the midway and the large parade held on the first night of the Festival.
Near Thamesville is the site of a famous battle in the War of 1812
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and those of the British Empire. The Americans declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions because of Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American merchant...
. It is there that Shawnee leader Tecumseh
Tecumseh
Tecumseh was a Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy which opposed the United States during Tecumseh's War and the War of 1812...
was killed during the Battle of the Thames
Battle of the Thames
The Battle of the Thames, also known as the Battle of Moraviantown, was a decisive American victory in the War of 1812. It took place on October 5, 1813, near present-day Chatham, Ontario in Upper Canada...
. In tribute to this war hero, a monument stands across from the field where the battle occurred.
Thamesville is also the birthplace of famous Canadian author Robertson Davies
Robertson Davies
William Robertson Davies, CC, OOnt, FRSC, FRSL was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best-known and most popular authors, and one of its most distinguished "men of letters", a term Davies is variously said to have gladly accepted for himself...
who wrote the Deptford Trilogy of novels (Fifth Business
Fifth Business
Fifth Business is a 1970 novel by Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor Robertson Davies. It is the first installment of the Deptford Trilogy and is a story of the life of the narrator, Dunstan Ramsay...
, The Manticore
The Manticore
The Manticore is the second novel in Robertson Davies' Deptford Trilogy.Published in 1972 by Macmillan of Canada, it deals with the aftermath of the mysterious death of Percy Boyd "Boy" Staunton retold during a series of conversations between Staunton's son and a Jungian psychoanalyst.The title...
, and World of Wonders), in which Thamesville is fictionalized as the town of Deptford, Ontario.
Bulldog Steel Wool is manufactured in Thamesville.