Town of Lakeshore
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Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
County	Essex
Incorporated (town)	1999
Government
- Mayor	Tom Bain
- Governing body	Lakeshore Town Council
- Member of Parliament	Jeff Watson (CONS)
- Provincial Representative	Bruce Crozier (LIB)
Area
- Total	530.67 km2 (204.9 sq mi)
Population (2006)
- Total	33,245
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Website	http://www.lakeshore.ca/

Lakeshore is a town in southwestern Ontario, Canada on Lake St. Clair. It is located in Essex County. The town was incorporated in 1999 by amalgamating the separate townships of Maidstone, Rochester, Tilbury North and Tilbury West.

Lakeshore also has a significant concentration of Franco-Ontarians, and is one of only three communities in Southern Ontario (excluding Eastern Ontario) where francophones, as a percentage of the community's population, exceed the provincial average of five per cent. The other two are Welland and Penetanguishene.

Contents 1 Communities 2 History 3 Sports 4 Demographics 5 Images 6 References

[edit] Communities

The town comprises the communities of Belle River, Comber, Deerbrook, Elmstead, Emeryville, Haycroft, Lighthouse Cove, North Woodslee, Pike Creek, Pleasant Park, Puce, Ruscom Station, South Woodslee, St. Joachim, Stoney Point and Strangfield.

A small portion of the township's easternmost area may also be considered part of Tilbury, although Tilbury proper is located in the neighbouring municipality of Chatham-Kent.

[edit] History

Essex County resident James Scott Cooper, a well known local entrepreneur, built Mansions in Walkerville and Belle River. The Cooper Court Motel and Bar in Belle River, built in 1920, still operates today as a local favourite. Cooper was known to have been a philanthropist, contributing greatly to the construction of Belle River's first high school, Belle River District High School.^[1]

Belle River is home of the royal McGinty family.

[edit] Sports

The community's hockey team is the Belle River Canadiens, who play in the Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League. The Youth Baseball team is the Belle River Braves http://www.belleriverminorbaseball.com

[edit] Demographics

According to the Canada 2006 Census:

• Population: 33,245 (in 2001: 28,746)
• % Change (2001–2006): +15.7%
• Dwellings: 12,368
• Area (km².): 530.32
• Density (persons per km².): 62.7

[edit] Images

Church in Woodslee.

Woodslee Cemetery.

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[edit] References

	Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan	Lake St. Clair	Lake St. Clair
	Tecumseh		Chatham-Kent
		Lakeshore, Ontario
	Essex	Kingsville	Leamington

v • d • e Essex County, Ontario
Transportation	Current Provincial Highways: Highway 3 • Highway 77 • Highway 401 Former Provincial Highways: Highway 2 • Highway 39 • Highway 98 • Highway 107 • Highway 114 Essex County Roads: County Roads • Windsor Suburban Roads Railways: Essex Terminal Railway • Windsor Subdivision • Chatham Subdivision • CASO Subdivision
Municipalities	Amherstburg • Essex 1 • Kingsville • Lakeshore • LaSalle • Leamington • Township of Pelee Island • Tecumseh • Windsor 2
Communities	Belle River 3 • Colchester • Comber • Cottam • Deerbrook • Emeryville • Harrow 3 • Maidstone • Malden Centre • McGregor • Oldcastle • Puce • River Canard • Ruthven • St. Clair Beach3 • St. Joachim • Seacliffe • Stoney Point • Windsor • Woodslee
Attractions and Parks	Point Pelee National Park • Fort Malden National Historic Park • Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary • Colasanti's Tropical Gardens • ERCA • Chrysler Canada Greenway • Trans-Canada Trail
Geography	Bois Blanc Island • East Sister Island • Fighting Island • Middle Island • Peche Island • Pelee Island • Point Pelee
Related Topics	Detroit, Michigan • Detroit River • Windsor • Ontario
1 County seat. 2 Separated Municipality, as of 1998[update]. 3 Formerly a separate municipality, merged into another as of 1998.
List of municipalities in Ontario

Coordinates: 42°16′47″N 82°42′45″W / 42.27972°N 82.7125°W / 42.27972; -82.7125

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