Wales, Ontario
Encyclopedia
Wales is a ghost town
in the Canadian
province of Ontario
. It is one of Ontario's Lost Villages
, which were permanently flooded by the creation of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1958. The town was named for the Prince of Wales
(later Edward VII) who visited the area during his Canadian tour of 1860.
Families and businesses in Wales were moved to the new town of Ingleside
before the seaway construction commenced.
Wales, about two miles away from the old shoreline, was the only inland town affected by the flooding, as the community was located in a creek
valley below the new waterline.
Ghost town
A ghost town is an abandoned town or city. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters...
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....
. It is one of Ontario's Lost Villages
The Lost Villages
The Lost Villages are ten communities in the Canadian province of Ontario, in the former townships of Cornwall and Osnabruck near Cornwall, which were permanently submerged by the creation of the Saint Lawrence Seaway in 1958....
, which were permanently flooded by the creation of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1958. The town was named for the Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...
(later Edward VII) who visited the area during his Canadian tour of 1860.
Families and businesses in Wales were moved to the new town of Ingleside
Ingleside, Ontario
Ingleside is a small town in Eastern Ontario, Canada.When Farran's Point was flooded as part of The Lost Villages, the businesses of Farran's Point were moved to Ingleside....
before the seaway construction commenced.
Wales, about two miles away from the old shoreline, was the only inland town affected by the flooding, as the community was located in a creek
Creek (tidal)
A tidal creek, tidal channel, or estuary is the portion of a stream that is affected by ebb and flow of ocean tides, in the case that the subject stream discharges to an ocean, sea or strait. Thus this portion of the stream has variable salinity and electrical conductivity over the tidal cycle...
valley below the new waterline.