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Kawartha Lakes is a city in east-central Ontario, Canada, and makes up the former County of Victoria. The main centres are Omemee , Lindsay, Oakwood , Janetville , Bethany, Fenelon Falls, Woodville , and Bobcaygeon .The citizens of Kawartha Lakes voted to de-amalgamate in November, 2003 into the former towns, villages, and townships of the former County of Victoria, but it might be years before de-amalgamation is complete, if it happens at all. The newly elected city government has declared that there will NOT be de-amalgamation.
The city is named for the Kawartha lakes; "Kawartha" means "shining waters" in the Ojibwe language.
1 Demographics
According to the 2001 Statistics Canada Census:
- Population: 69,179
- % Change ( 1996- 2001): 1.8
- Dwellings: 34,637
- Area (sq. km.): 3,059.22
- Density (persons per sq. km.): 22.6
2 Communities
- Ancona Point
- Argyle
- Avery Point
- Baker Trail
- Ballyduff
- Bethany
- Bethel
- Bexley
- Birch Point
- Bobcaygeon
- Bolsover
- Brunswick
- Burnt River
- Bury's Green
- Cambray
- Cameron
- Campbells Beach
- Camp Kagawong
- CoboconkCoboconk is a small village in South-Central Ontario, Canada. It is home to the smallest jail in Canada. Coboconk is located in the city of Kawartha Lakes on the former border of Bexley and Sommerville township, at the junction of Highway 48 and Highway 3
- Corsons
- Cowan's Bay
- Crawfords Beach
- Cresswell
- Cunningham's Corners
- Dalrymple
- Daytonia Beach
- Dongola
- Downeyville
- Dunsford
- East Emily
- Eldon
- Fairburn Corner
- Feir Mill
- Fenelon Falls
- Fingerboard
- Fleetwood
- Fleetwood Homes
- Fleetwood Station
- Fox's Corners
- Frank Hill
- Franklin
- Gilsons Point
- Glamorgan
- Glandine
- Glenarm
- Glenway Village
- Grasshill
- Greenhurst-Thurstona
- Hartley
- Head Lake
- Hickory Beach
- Hillhead Corners
- Hukish
- Isaacs Glen
- Islay
- Janetville
- Joyvista Estates
- Kenedon Park
- Krenrei
- Keystone Beach
- Kings Wharf
- Kinmount
- Kirkfield
- Lake Dalrymple
- Lakeview Estates
- Lancaster Bay
- Lifford
- Linden Valley
- Lindsay
- Little Britain
- Long Beach
- Long Point
- Lorneville
- Lotus
- MacKenzie Point
- Mallards Bay
- Manilla
- Manvers
- Mariposa
- McCrackins Beach
- McGuire Beach
- Mount Hereb
- Newmans Beach
- NorlandNorland is a small rural district in the larger City of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario. With a population of under 1,000 there has been growing stagnation in business with several shops opening, closing or restructuring over the years. Features Large mural featu
- Oakdene Point
- Oakwood
- O'Donnell Landing
- Omemee
- Orange Corners
- Pickerel Point
- Pleasant Point
- Pontypool
- Powles Corners
- Ragged Rapids
- Reaboro
- Red Cap Beach
- Rohallion
- Sadowa
- Sandy Point
- Sebright
- Silver Lake
- Snug Harbour
- Sonya
- Soutview Estates
- Starr's Beach
- Sturgeon Point
- Sullivan's Bay
- Sylvan Glen Beach
- Taylor Corners
- Tracey's Hill
- Union Creek
- Uphill
- Valentia
- Verulam Park
- Victoria Road
- Washburn Island
- Watsons
- Woodville
- Yelverton
- Zion
3 Highways
Highways that run through Kawartha Lakes are as follows:
King's Highways: Trans-CanadaThe Trans-Canada Highway is a federal-provincial highway system that joins all ten provinces of Canada. The system (not a single roadway--the Yellowhead Highway is also part of the system, for example) was approved by the Trans-Canada Highway Act of 1948, #7, #7A, #35, #115
