Kawartha Lakes

This article is about the city of Kawartha Lakes. For the geographical lakes of the same name, see Kawartha lakes (Ontario).

City of Kawartha Lakes
—  Unitary authority & city  —
Kawartha Lakes city hall in Lindsay
Flag Logo
Motto: Catch the Kawartha Spirit.
Kawartha Lake's location within Ontario.
Coordinates: 44°21′N 78°45′W / 44.35°N 78.75°W / 44.35; -78.75Coordinates: 44°21′N 78°45′W / 44.35°N 78.75°W / 44.35; -78.75
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
County (historical)	Victoria
Formed by political merger	January 1, 2001
Seat	Lindsay
Government
– Mayor	Ric McGee
– Council	City of Kawartha Lakes Council
– MP	Barry Devolin (CPC)
– MPP	Rick Johnson (OLP)
Area[1]
– Total	3,059.47 km2 (1,181.3 sq mi)
Population (2006)[1]
– Total	74,561
– Density	24.4/km2 (63.1/sq mi)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Postal Code	beginning with K and L
Area code(s)	705
Website	www.city.kawarthalakes.on.ca

The city of Kawartha Lakes (2006 population 74,561^[1]) 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.

The main population centres are Bobcaygeon, Fenelon Falls, Lindsay, Omemee and Woodville.

History

The city's names comes from the name of the Kawartha lakes. The term Kawartha is an anglicization of the word Ka-wa-tha (from Ka-wa-tae-gum-maug or Gaa-waategamaag, meaning), a word coined in 1895 by aboriginal Martha Whetung of the Curve Lake First Nations. The word meant "land of reflections" in the Anishinaabe language, according to Whetung. The word was subsequently changed by tourism promoters to Kawartha, meaning "bright waters and happy lands."^[2]

Prior to its restructuring as a city, the area was known as Victoria County. The city was created in 2001, during the ruling provincial Progressive Conservative party's "Common Sense Revolution". Through provincial legislation, the former Victoria County and its constituent municipalities were amalgamated into one entity named the City of Kawartha Lakes.

This act was made by Ontario commissioner Kitchen, responding to a 2 - 3 vote by the Township of Emily to call the commissioner in to assist with the mismanagement of their landfill site. Despite a general opposition from residents of the area, the provincial government pushed forward with the amalgamation,^[3][4] which officially came into effect on January 1, 2001.^[5]

By a narrow margin (51% for, 49% against), the citizens of Kawartha Lakes voted to de-amalgamate in a November 2003 local plebiscite, but the provincial and municipal governments have not taken any steps since the vote to initiate de-amalgamation.^[4]

Demographics

Census	Population
Lindsay
1841	200
1871	4,049
1881	5,080
1891	6,081
1901	7,003
1911	6,964
1921	7,620
1931	7,505
1941	8,345
1951	9,603
1961	11,399
1971	12,746
1981	13,596
1991	16,696
Kawartha	Lakes
2001	69,179
2006	74,561

N/A = Data Not Available

In 2006, the population of the Lindsay urban area was 19,361.

Census Division rankings

National rank in terms of population (2006): 69
Provincial rank in terms of population (2001): 36

Communities

The following is a list of all the former incorporated villages, unincorporated hamlets and communities, and existing or abandoned rural post offices left desolate by the start of rural mail delivery.

• Ancona Point
• Argyle
• Aros
• Avery Point
• Baddow
• Baker Trail
• Ballyduff
• Barclay
• Bellevue
• Bethany
• Bethel
• Birch Point
• Bobcaygeon
• Bolsover
• Brunswick
• Burnt River
• Burton
• Bury's Green
• Cambray
• Cameron
• Camp Kagawong
• Campbells Beach
• Coboconk
• Corson's Siding
• Cowan's Bay
• Crawfords Beach
• Cresswell
• Crosshill
• Cunningham's Corners
• Dalrymple
• Dartmoor (ghost town)
• Daytonia Beach
• Dongola
• Downeyville
• Dunsford
• East Emily
• Eldon
• Fairburn Corner
• Fee's Landing
• Feir Mill
• Fell Station
• Fenelon Falls
• Fingerboard
• Fleetwood (ghost town)
• Fleetwood Station
• Fowlers Corners
• Fox's Corners
• Frank Hill
• Franklin
• Gilsons Point
• Glamorgan
• Glandine
• Glenarm
• Glenway Village
• Grasshill
• Greenhurst-Thurstonia
• Hartley
• Head Lake
• Hickory Beach
• Hillhead Corners
• Horncastle (ghost town)
• Hukish
• Isaacs Glen
• Islay
• Janetville
• Joyvista Estates
• Kenedon Park
• Kenrei Park
• Kenstone Beach
• Keystone Beach
• King's Wharf
• Kinmount
• Kirkfield
• Lake Dalrymple
• Lancaster Bay
• Lifford
• Linden Valley
• Lindsay
• Little Britain, Ontario
• Long Beach
• Long Point
• Lorneville
• Lotus
• MacKenzie Point
• Mallards Bay
• Manilla
• Manvers
• Mariposa Station
• Mariposa
• McCrackin's Beach
• McGuire Beach
• Mount Horeb (ghost town)
• Newmans Beach
• Norland
• Oak Hill
• Oakdene Point
• Oakwood
• O'Donnell Landing
• Omemee
• Orange Corners
• Palestine
• Pickerel Point
• Pleasant Point
• Pontypool
• Port Hoover
• Powles Corners
• Ragged Rapids (ghost town)
• Reaboro
• Red Cap Beach
• Rohallion
• Rokeby
• Rosedale
• Sadowa
• Sandy Point
• Sebright
• Silver Lake
• Snug Harbour
• Southview Estates
• St. Mary's
• Sturgeon Point
• Sullivan's Bay
• Sylvan Glen Beach
• Taylor's Corners
• Tracey's Hill
• Union Creek
• Uphill
• Valentia
• Verulam Park
• Victoria Place
• View Lake
• Washburn Island
• Watson's Siding
• Woodville
• Yelverton
• Zion

Victoria County

Prior to 2001, Victoria County consisted of 13 separate townships and 6 incorporated villages with their own local governments:^[7]

Townships

Population centres:

• Bexley (Victoria Road, Coboconk)
• Carden (Dalrymple)
• Dalton (Sebright, Uphill, Sadowa)
• Eldon (Glenarm)
• Emily (Downeyville, Fowlers Corners)
• Fenelon (Isaacs Glen, Powles Corners)
• Laxton, Digby and Longford (Uphill, Norland)
• Longford (uninhabited)
• Manvers (Janetville, Bethany)
• Mariposa (Oakwood, Little Britain)
• Ops (Reaboro)
• Somerville (Coboconk, Kinmount)
• Verulam (Dunsford, Bobcaygeon)

The township of Laxton, Digby and Longford is an amalgamation of the once individual townships of Digby and Laxton, and half of the original Longford Township. The separate township of Longford is uninhabited, though dotted with abandoned logging towns. In 2000, just prior to amalgamation into the city of Kawartha Lakes, the township of Verulam and the village of Bobcaygeon were amalgamated into the Municipality of Bobcaygeon/Verulam.^[8]

Incorporated communities

• Town of Lindsay
• Village of Bobcaygeon
• Village of Fenelon Falls
• Village of Omemee
• Village of Sturgeon Point
• Village of Woodville

Transportation

Further information: List of numbered roads in Kawartha Lakes, Ontario

The following King's Highways pass through the city:

• Highway 7, part of the Trans-Canada Highway
• Highway 7A
• Highway 35
• Highway 115

Highway 7B also exists entirely within the city, following the length of Kent Street through Lindsay, and cosigning with Highway 35 for 800 m.

Attractions

• Devil's Elbow Ski Area, Bethany
• Ganaraska Hiking Trail
• Lindsay Airport, Lindsay
• Olde Gaol Museum
• Victoria Recreation Corridor
• Fenelon Falls Museum, Fenelon Falls
• Highland Cinema and Museum, Kinmount
• Trent-Severn Waterway
  • Lock 32: Bobcaygeon
  • Lock 33: Lindsay
  • Lock 34: Fenelon Falls
  • Lock 35: Rosedale
  • Lock 36: Kirkfield lift lock

Media

• The Lindsay Post (established in Beaverton as The Canadian Post in 1857, moved to Lindsay in 1861)
• Kawartha Lakes This Week (established as Lindsay This Week in 1977)
• 91.9 BOB FM (CKLY-FM) transmits from Lindsay
• CHEX-TV transmits on Channel 12 from Peterborough

Protected areas

• Queen Elizabeth II Wildlands Provincial Park
• Balsam Lake Provincial Park
• Indian Point Provincial Park
• Emily Provincial Park
• Pigeon River Headwaters Conservation Area
• Fleetwood Creek Conservation Area
• Windy Ridge Conservation Area
• Ken Reid Conservation Area
• Gamiing Nature Centre

Surrounding counties

• Muskoka District Municipality
• Haliburton County
• Northumberland County
• Peterborough County
• Regional Municipality of Durham
• Simcoe County

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Kawartha Lakes (city) community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3516010&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=kawartha&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=. Retrieved 2011-06-10. 
2. ^ Rayburn, Alan. Place Names in Ontario. University of Toronto Press. p. 176. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Yes Victoria - Citizens for the de-amalgamation of the city of Kawartha Lakes". http://www.yesvictoria.com. Retrieved 2009-07-12. 
4. ^ ^{a b c} "Voices of Central Ontario - Historical summary". http://www.voconews.com/summary.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-05. 
5. ^ ^{a b} Municipal Government for Victoria County - A New Beginning (Final Report), 2000-04-19, https://ospace.scholarsportal.info/bitstream/1873/6527/1/10286971.pdf, retrieved 2009-07-22 
6. ^ "2006 Community Profiles". Statistics Canada. Government of Canada. 2009-02-24. http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/index.cfm?Lang=E. Retrieved 2009-02-24. 
7. ^ Algonquin Park and Kawarthas map. MapArt Corporation. 1998.
8. ^ (PDF) Order of the Commission, (on Victoria County), April 19, 2000, http://www.voconews.com/kitchen.pdf, retrieved 2009-08-05 

External links

• City of Kawartha Lakes