Lambton Shores is a municipality in

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, that is on the southern shores of

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History

Lambton Shores was formed in 2001 when the Township of Bosanquet was amalgamated with the town of Forest, and the villages of Arkona, Grand Bend and Thedford.

Climate

Lambton Shores is one of the more southerly municipalities in

, and therefore receives relatively warmer temperatures. It has an average high of in July and in January. As for precipitation, it receives an average of of rain in July and an average of of snow in January.

Communities

The main communities in Lambton Shores are Arkona,

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, Grand Bend, Port Franks and Thedford. Smaller communities include Cedarview, Glendale Beach, Kettle and Stoney Point, Ipperwash Beach, Lake Valley Grove, Jericho, Jura, Kinnaird, Northville, Ravenswood, Southcott Pines, Springvale, Sunnidale, Walden Place and Walker Woods. The administrative offices of the township are located in Thedford.

Arkona

Arkona is a community located in the municipality of

Lambton Shores Lambton Shores is a municipality in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, that is on the southern shores of Lake Huron. History Lambton Shores was formed in 2001 when the Township of Bosanquet was amalgamated with the town of Forest, and the village ...

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near the Lambton–

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county line, situated beside the

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, on Former Kings Highway 79 (now Lambton County Road 79), Arkona is roughly halfway between Thedford, and

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Forest

Forest is situated on what was once dense forest. When the

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was built through where the town now sits, the station was named for the dense forest. Hickory Creek, which meanders through the town, provided water for the station in those days when wood and water were essential to the operation of steam locomotives.

Grand Bend

The settlement began in the 1830s when a group of English and Scottish settlers bought lots from the

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, a land development firm. One of the original settlers, Benjamin Brewster gave his name to the village after he and his business partner David Smart secured rights to dam the

and started a sawmill in 1832. The villagers were mainly the families of the millhands and fisherman. Their homesteads were situated on the south side of the present village.

Thedford

Thedford is a small community in northwestern

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, situated 8 km south of Kings Highway 21, along Lambton CR 79 ( Former Kings Highway 79). The community began in the 1860s when farmer Nelson Southworth, a native of

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, agreed to donate land for the construction of a

station, with the condition that he would be able to name it. Southworth chose the name "Thetford", as a way of honouring Thetford, Vermont, a community in his home state in the United States. A local clerk's poor hand writing was mistaken for the current spelling, which is how it first appeared on official records. The Thedford Raiders Hockey Team once held the World Record for Longest Continuous Hockey Game, which was also a fundraiser for juvenile diabetes. A plaque at the entrance of the town heralds it as the "Onion Capital of Canada". A

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within the municipality of

, Thedford had a population of 822 in the Canada 2006 Census. Thedford telephone numbers start with 519-296.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Lambton Shores had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Media

Lambton Shores has two radio stations: 90.5 myFM Exeter/Grand Bend Local News *

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, a

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station from

Kettle Point Kettle & Stony Point First Nation ( oj, Wiiwkwedong Anishinaabek, meaning: "in/at the bay") comprises the Kettle Point reserve and Stony Point Reserve (which is under remedial cleanup after over 50 years of occupation by the Canadian Armed Forces), ...

*VFR895, a race info station from

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Lambton Shores has two newspapers: * Lakeshore Advance, owned by

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*Standard Guide Advocate, owned by Hayter Walden Publications

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References

External links

* {{Authority control Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario Municipalities in Lambton County 2001 establishments in Ontario