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57-595: The team was formed in 1932 as a group of friends playing baseball in Stirling Park in the east end of Chatham, Ontario . The following year in 1933, the team was noticed by Archie Stirling, a local business owner and representative for the Ontario Baseball Amateur Association (OBAA). This was significant because until the late 1940s black players were banned from major league baseball and were not always welcome onto white teams at

114-559: A Toronto Blue Jays game with the team wearing replica jerseys of the All-Stars. The two surviving members at the time, Don Tabron and Sagasta Harding as well as the son of Earl "Flat" Chase threw the first pitch at the game. 2016: Ontario Trillium Foundation awarded a grant to a team at the University of Windsor to develop an oral history project on the team as well as a range of resources to preserve and share this story. The project

171-795: A collection of distinct communities. A single-tier municipality should not be confused with a separated municipality ; such municipalities are considered as part of their surrounding county for census purposes, but are not administratively connected to the county. With the exception of Greater Sudbury , single-tier municipalities that are not considered to be part of a county, regional municipality, or district are found only in Southern Ontario . Current single-tier municipalities in Ontario that are also census divisions: Regional municipalities (or regions ) are upper-tier municipalities that generally have more servicing responsibilities than

228-612: A distinct county in its own right. In 1998, the County of Kent and the city of Chatham were amalgamated by the Province of Ontario to form the Municipality of Chatham–Kent. Most services were also combined. Since then, bus service has begun to serve all of Chatham-Kent. Starting in 2007, routes were set up to include the former towns of Wallaceburg and Dresden . Before 1998, each town had their own fire department. It then became

285-444: A governmental function. In a district, all services are provided either by the municipalities themselves, by local services boards in some communities within the unorganized areas, or directly by the provincial government. Much of Northern Ontario is sparsely populated, so a county government structure would not be an efficient or cost-effective method of administration. The former Regional Municipality of Sudbury , created in 1973,

342-444: A mother tongue and 1,500 have French as their home language. Essex County also has a relatively large francophone population, especially in the municipality of Lakeshore . Together, Chatham–Kent and Essex Counties make up one of the concentrations of Franco-Ontarians in the province of Ontario. Both elementary and secondary francophone schools exist across the municipality. A French socio-cultural organization, La Girouette , which

399-522: A number of regular contributing columnists. The Chatham-Kent Sports Network is an online source covering local sports news, scores, and highlights from each of Chatham-Kent's communities. CKSN also follows Chatham-Kent athletes who have progressed to the Junior, College, International, or Professional ranks. There are two anglophone school boards and one francophone school board in Chatham–Kent. These are

456-704: A retail centre for the municipality and surrounding area. This includes the large big-box stores in Super Centre on St. Clair Street and arguably the north end of Communication Road in Blenheim. The long, white sandy beaches, fishing, hiking trails and conservation areas make Erieau a popular vacation spot. There are two Provincial Parks in Chatham-Kent: Rondeau Provincial Park and Wheatley Provincial Park , There are also numerous local conservation areas. Downtown Chatham

513-468: A significant portion of the city's political power. Nearby Dresden and Buxton were also home to thousands of land-owning black residents. However, after the abolition of slavery in the United States, many black families left the area. Today the city of Chatham is just 3.3% black, with Chatham-Kent as a whole being 2.1% black. Few of the black-owned institutions are still in operation. In 1846,

570-520: A tavern and a library where one could read books and newspapers. By 1869, the population was 3,000 in this industrial area with several mills, foundries, and breweries; a great deal of wood was being produced. A steamboat offered transportation to Windsor and Detroit. There was one bank office. Between 1906 and 1909, the city was home to the Chatham Motor Car Company , and from 1919 to 1921, Denby Motor Truck Company of Canada. It

627-759: Is a single-tier municipality in Southwestern Ontario , Canada. It is mostly rural, and its population centres are Chatham, Wallaceburg , Tilbury , Blenheim , Ridgetown , Wheatley and Dresden . The current Municipality of Chatham-Kent was created in 1998 by the amalgamation of Blenheim, Bothwell, Camden, the City of Chatham, the Township of Chatham, Dover, Dresden, Erie Beach, Erieau, Harwich, Highgate, Howard, Orford, Raleigh, Ridgetown, Romney, Thamesville, Tilbury East, Tilbury, Wallaceburg, Wheatley and Zone. The Chatham-Kent census division , which includes

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684-612: Is a museum of the Dawn Settlement, established in 1841 by Josiah Henson near Dresden as refuge for the many slaves who escaped to Canada from the United States. John Brown , the abolitionist, planned his raid on the Harpers Ferry Arsenal in Chatham and recruited local men to participate in the raid. He held in Chatham a Convention of Colored Men on May 8–10, 1858. The small village of North Buxton , part of

741-563: Is a regional municipality and the others are single-tier municipalities. Several administrative divisions in Ontario have significantly changed their borders or have been discontinued entirely. See: Historic counties of Ontario . A single-tier municipality is governed by one municipal administration, with neither a county nor regional government above it, nor further municipal subdivisions below it (cf. independent city ). Single-tier municipalities are either former regional municipalities or counties whose municipal governments were amalgamated in

798-562: Is also home to many historic buildings which are part of an annual ghost tour offered each year at Halloween. The participants go on a guided walk of downtown while the guide informs them of various ghost stories tied to the local buildings in which they pass. Chatham-Kent was a major part of the Underground Railroad and as such hosts the Buxton Homecoming each September. This celebrates the area's black culture and

855-608: Is based in Chatham, promotes French-Canadian culture and language in the area. Knowledge of official language statistics: A breakdown of the total labour force in Chatham-Kent shows the leading industries ( NAICS ) are manufacturing, health care, and retail: At the outskirts of Chatham is the headquarters for Pioneer Hi-Bred Limited (a division of DuPont ), a major agricultural seed breeding and biotechnology company. GreenField Specialty Alcohols Inc.'s Commercial Alcohols division, Canada's largest ethanol plant and one of

912-420: Is generally lower (although not as low as in a district.) Counties may include major cities, such as London , Kingston and Windsor , geographically located within them, but these communities are usually separated municipalities that are only considered part of the county for census purposes, but are not administratively connected to the county. Municipalities are separated when regional or single-tier status

969-412: Is home to RM Auctions , a vintage automobile auction house, and RM Restorations, a vintage automobile restoration company. The nickname "The Classic Car Capital of Canada" comes from the abundance of classic car events in the community. Chatham is home to a major corporate office of Enbridge Gas Inc., a natural gas utility and Enbridge company. Other energy related companies include wind farms near

1026-640: Is home to the annual "Retrofest" organized by the Historic Downtown Chatham BIA, in partnership with the Kent Historic Auto Club. Hundreds of classic car enthusiasts travel to downtown Chatham to showcase their classic cars and vintage vehicles. Downtown Chatham is also home to the Chatham Capitol Theatre, a theatre that, when it opened in 1930, was the largest in the region. The theatre is run by

1083-1016: Is not appropriate for the municipality's population patterns, but their population is still large enough that it may adversely affect the county's ability to provide services to its smaller communities. Also, these cities have not evolved into large urban agglomerations with other communities, as in regions and single-tier cities, but may have small suburbs such as Point Edward . Current counties in Ontario: Districts are regional areas in Northern Ontario that do not serve any municipal government purpose. Although districts do still contain incorporated cities, towns and townships, they do not have an upper-tier county or regional municipality level of government, and are largely composed of unorganized areas . Some districts may have District Social Service Administration Boards, which are designed to provide certain social services, but they do not serve

1140-864: Is titled "Breaking the Colour Barrier: Wilfred “Boomer” Harding and the Chatham Coloured All-Stars (1932-1939)". 2022: The 1934 team of the Chatham Coloured All-Stars were awarded the Order of Sport , marking induction into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in the Trailblazer category. In early 2022, the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame was criticized for not inducting the Chatham Coloured All-Stars. The team's 1934 roster consisted of: Chatham, Ontario Chatham-Kent ( 2021 population : 103,988)

1197-420: The 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Chatham-Kent had a population of 103,988 living in 44,028 of its 46,752 total private dwellings, a change of 2.3% from its 2016 population of 101,647 . With a land area of 2,451.9 km (946.7 sq mi), it had a population density of 42.4/km (109.8/sq mi) in 2021. 2006 census For all groups that comprise at least 1% of

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1254-553: The African Canadian Heritage Tour , also played an important role in the Underground Railroad . By the 1850s, the city of Chatham was referred to as the " black mecca of Canada". A museum in the city, the Black Mecca Museum, still bears this name. Chatham was home to a number of black churches and business, with Black Canadians making up one-third of the city's population and controlling

1311-1022: The American Revolution and the Gnadenhutten massacre , a group of Christian Munsee settled in what is now the Moraviantown reserve. In the War of 1812 , the Battle of the Thames took place between Moraviantown and Thamesville on October 5, 1813. During the 19th century, the area was the northern terminus of the Underground Railroad . As a result, Chatham-Kent is now part of the African-Canadian Heritage Tour. Josiah Henson Museum for African-Canadian History, formally known as Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site

1368-739: The Chatham Voice, Wallaceburg Courier Press , the Blenheim News Tribune , Chatham-Kent This Week , Ridgetown Independent News , Tilbury Times , and the Wheatley Journal . The Chatham Daily News , Chatham-Kent This Week , and Wallaceburg Courier Press are all owned by Postmedia . The Chatham Daily News , Chatham-Kent This Week , Wallaceburg Courier Press , Chatham Voice and CKReview are daily online news media in Chatham-Kent with coverage of local news, sports, entertainment, and cultural events as well as

1425-1038: The Lambton Kent District School Board (headquartered in both Chatham and Sarnia), the St. Clair Catholic District School Board (headquartered in Wallaceburg) and the Conseil scolaire catholique Providence (CSC Providence). The LKDSB is a public school board, and consists of 13 secondary and 53 elementary schools. Chatham-Kent Secondary School is the largest public high school in Lambton-Kent. The St. Clair Catholic board consists of two secondary schools (one in Chatham and one in Sarnia) and 26 elementary schools. There are also independent schools, such as Wallaceburg Christian School and Chatham Christian Schools—an elementary and secondary school in

1482-443: The 1990s into a single administration. Some single-tier municipalities of this type (e.g., Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, Greater Sudbury) were created where a former regional municipality consisted of a single dominant urban centre and its suburbs or satellite towns or villages , while others (e.g., Brant County, Chatham-Kent, Haldimand-Norfolk, Kawartha Lakes, and Prince Edward County) were created from predominantly rural divisions with

1539-481: The Chatham-Kent Community as well as Sarnia/Lambton and Windsor/Essex. The ESC LHIN is located in the town of Chatham. Chatham-Kent is also served by stations coming from Windsor, London, Detroit , Toledo , and Cleveland . The Chatham Daily News is the only daily newspaper in Chatham-Kent. There are several weeklies located in Chatham and the various communities in the municipality, including

1596-501: The Chatham-Kent Fire Department upon amalgamation. The county also had separate police departments until 1998. The city of Chatham , as well as the towns of Wallaceburg, Dresden, and Tilbury , each had their own departments. The Chatham-Kent Police Service was formed on September 1, 1998. Many residents opposed amalgamation, as 18 city councillors boycotted the official vote, and the final decision to amalgamate

1653-712: The Chatham-Kent area was surrendered to the British as part of the 1790 McKee's Purchase, (named for Alexander McKee ) to provide land for settlers. McKee's Purchase was designated an Event of National Historic Significance in Canada in 1931. A historical plaque for the purchase is located in Blenheim Park in Blenheim. Indigenous persons remain resident in the area today at the Delaware Nation at Moraviantown and Walpole Island First Nation . European settlement of

1710-618: The Indian reserve of Moravian 47 is an enclave within the city and is part of the Chatham–Kent census agglomeration and census division. Chatham-Kent has a humid continental climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfa ), with cold, snowy winters and warm to hot, humid summers. A typical summer will feature heat waves with temperatures exceeding 30 °C (86 °F) often. Winters are cold, and feature occasional cold snaps bringing temperatures below −15 °C (5 °F), but also commonly include mild stretches of weather above freezing. In

1767-628: The Municipality of Chatham-Kent and hosts shows and entertainers. Chatham was home to the Wheels Inn, a family resort for four decades until its closure in 2010. In 2011, the Chatham-Kent John D. Bradley Convention Centre was constructed on the site of the Wheels Inn. In July 2019, a new Cascades casino was opened in Chatham, close to the Convention Centre on Richmond Street. The Thames Art Gallery and ARTspace, located in

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1824-438: The amateur level in Canada either. As the team was already barnstorming exhibition games in southern Ontario, Stirling brought them into the city league where they were able to compete against white teams. Quickly gaining in popularity, The Chatham Coloured All-Stars became known by many, including local reporters. In their second year playing in the league, they won the provincial championship, Intermediate B division, making them

1881-408: The coaches Lou Pryor. Although the team had been playing for more than a decade before Jackie Robinson entered the major league in 1947 , none of the Chatham Coloured All-Stars had the opportunity to play in the major leagues. The team was faced with many challenges being an African-Canadian team playing predominantly white teams in the 1934-time frame. There was often discrimination both on and off

1938-521: The community, including asthma , chronic allergies , sinus problems , many types of cancer, diabetes , inflammatory bowel disease , alcoholism, and obesity . In October 2008, Chatham-Kent Health Alliance was named one of " Canada's Top 100 Employers " by Mediacorp Canada Inc., and was featured in Maclean's newsmagazine. Chatham-Kent features one of the 14 provincial Local Health Integration Networks (LHIN). The Erie St. Clair (ESC) LHIN services

1995-477: The counties. They generally provide the following services: maintenance and construction of arterial roads in both rural and urban areas, transit, policing , sewer and water systems, waste disposal , region-wide land use planning and development, as well as health and social services . Regions are typically more urbanized than counties. Regional municipalities are typically an administrative division where an interconnected cluster of urban centres or suburbs forms

2052-580: The field resulting in situations ranging from questionable umpire decisions during games to being turned away from hotels in the area and having to stay in nearby towns. Threats of violence were common as well as deliberate injuries to the team members, stone throwing and taunts during games. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, former players joined different community teams. The Taylor ACs were formed in 1946, managed by Wilfred "Boomer" Harding and included former all-star teammates Andy Harding, Earl "Flat" Chase , King Terrell and Gouy Ladd. Years later, several sons of

2109-688: The first black team to win an OBAA title. In 1935, the team won the city title as well as the Western Counties Baseball Association Championship, Intermediate A division. In 1939, the Chatham Coloured All-Stars reached the all-Ontario finals but there was a dispute regarding the game location and no title was awarded that year. After this, the team ultimately stopped playing as several team members went to serve in World War II. Some of these members included Wilfred "Boomer" Harding, Andy Harding and one of

2166-598: The former City of Chatham. Other population centres in the municipality include Wallaceburg , Blenheim and Tilbury , Ridgetown and Dresden . The Lower Thames River runs through Chatham–Kent to Lake St. Clair in the west, while the Sydenham River flows through Wallaceburg and Dresden. The municipality has approximately 88 kilometres of shoreline along lake Erie and 24 kilometres along lake St. Clair. The Indian reserve of Bkejwanong (commonly referred to as Walpole Island) borders on Chatham–Kent, whereas

2223-529: The former city of Chatham area began with a naval dockyard in 1792, at the fork of the Thames River with McGregor's Creek. The town was named after William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham . It was built as a naval dockyard, a characteristic shared by Chatham, Kent , England. In England, the name Chatham came from the British root ceto and the Old English ham thus meaning a forest settlement. Following

2280-553: The historic downtown, feature exhibitions showcasing local artists from the Chatham-Kent area, while also housing other Canadian and international works. Chatham-Kent is served by the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance. The Public General Hospital and St. Joseph Hospital in Chatham were moved to a single campus in 2004, while the former Sydenham District Hospital remains in Wallaceburg. The eastern portion of

2337-619: The independent Delaware Nation at Moraviantown First Nation, had a population of 104,316 in the 2021 census. The area of Chatham-Kent is part of the traditional territory of the Odawa , Potawatomi , Ojibwe and Wyandot First Nations of Canada. After the Treaty of Paris in 1763 ceded control of the area from the French to the British, it became part of the Territory of Quebec. The title to

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2394-547: The lower-tier municipalities ( cities , towns , villages , townships ) within the counties typically provide the majority of municipal services to their residents. The responsibilities of county governments are generally limited to the following: maintenance and construction of rural arterial roads, health and social services, and county land use planning. Counties are only found in Southern Ontario and are also mostly census divisions . Counties may be as large as regional municipalities in population, but their population density

2451-872: The majority of the division's area and population, but no single centre is overwhelmingly dominant over the others. Regional municipalities are found only in Southern Ontario . Although Oxford County and the District Municipality of Muskoka are not called regions, they are defined as regional municipalities under Part 1, Section 1 of the Ontario Municipal Act, 2001 . Between 1998 and 2001, four regional municipalities that formed their own central city-dominated metropolitan areas were amalgamated and are now single-tier municipalities. Current regional municipalities in Ontario: Counties have fewer responsibilities than regions, as

2508-624: The municipality is served by the Four Counties Health Services in Newbury in nearby Middlesex County . Research published in 2002 by the Heart and Stroke Foundation cited Chatham-Kent as a hotspot for heart disease in Ontario. Further research is underway to determine the reasons for this and other hotspots. The Chatham-Kent Public Health Unit launched a campaign in fall 2007 to tackle other ailments prevalent throughout

2565-427: The original Chatham Coloured All-Stars joined this team including Earl "Flat" Chase's sons Earl Jr. and Horace and coach Louis Pryor's son Lloyd Pryor. 1984: 50th anniversary of 1934 OBAA win. The City of Chatham awarded commemorative plaques to surviving members Wilfred "Boomer" Harding, Hyle Robbins, Cliff Olbey, Sagasta Harding, Don Washington and Don Tabron. 2001: The Chatham Coloured All-Stars were honoured at

2622-636: The population. Note that a person can report more than one ethnic origin. Although most of the population of Chatham-Kent is English-speaking, a few of its communities and Catholic parishes were settled by francophone (French-speaking) farmers in the mid-nineteenth century. These include Pain Court, Tilbury and Grande Pointe, where French is still spoken by a significant percentage of the population. These communities are designated French language service areas under Ontario's French Language Services Act . Approximately 8,500 residents of Chatham-Kent have French as

2679-529: The roots laid by early black settlers in the Buxton area. The Municipality of Chatham-Kent currently consists of the following communities, listed by the Townships of the former Kent County (pre-1998 amalgamation): At 2,458 square kilometres (949 sq mi), Chatham-Kent is the 9th largest municipality by area in Canada and the largest in southwestern Ontario. Over 44,000 of the 107,000 residents live in

2736-592: The same building. The French Catholic board, headquartered in Windsor , has its Chatham-Kent regional office in Pain Court and consists of four elementary schools and one high school. Chatham–Kent is the home of two colleges – St. Clair College and University of Guelph Ridgetown Campus, popularly known as Ridgetown College . Census divisions of Ontario The Province of Ontario has 51 first-level administrative divisions, which collectively cover

2793-577: The shores of Lake Erie . The Canadian Federal government is one of the largest employers in the Chatham-Kent area with over 450 employees in several departments in the area. The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) Disability Unit is housed in the Judy Lamarsh (see Notable Residents) Building in downtown Chatham. This federal office is the single largest disability processing centre in Canada, processing 50% of all CPP Disability benefits. The office also processes Old Age Security benefit claims. Chatham serves as

2850-480: The single-tier municipalities do not. Regional municipalities and counties differ primarily in the services that they provide to their residents. (Lower-tier municipalities are generally treated as census subdivisions by Statistics Canada.) In some cases, an administrative division may retain its historical name even if it changes government type. For instance, Oxford County , Haldimand County , Norfolk County and Prince Edward County are no longer counties: Oxford

2907-564: The southern coast of Kent County. Before 1998, Kent County consisted of the townships of Camden , Chatham , Dover , Harwich , Howard , Orford , Raleigh , Romney , Tilbury East and Zone . In some of Canada's earliest post-Confederation censuses, some residences in Kent County were incorrectly reported as being in Bothwell "County" , which was a separate electoral district comprising parts of Kent and Lambton counties but not

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2964-406: The town of Chatham had a population of about 1,500, with part of the town being called Chatham North. There were four churches, a theatre, a weekly newspaper and a cricket club. The road between London and Amherstburg was open, and transportation by stagecoach was available. A fast boat also provided transportation to Detroit and Buffalo. Chatham had many tradesman, a foundry, two banks, three schools,

3021-491: The whole province. With two exceptions, their areas match the 49 census divisions Statistics Canada has for Ontario. The Province has four types of first-level division: single-tier municipalities, regional municipalities , counties , and districts . The first three are types of municipal government but districts are not —they are defined geographic areas (some quite large) used in many contexts. The last three have within them multiple smaller, lower-tier municipalities but

3078-1006: The world's largest, opened in Chatham in 1996. The plant produces ethanol for industrial, medical, and beverage uses. There are a number of vineyards in the municipality. Chatham's roots in the automotive sector go back to Gray-Dort Motors Ltd. , one of Canada's earliest automobile manufacturers. In the 21st century, auto industry plants in the municipality include Autoliv Canada in Tilbury (airbags), Mahle in Tilbury (emissions controls and plastics), in Ridgetown (automotive electronic pedal assembly and sensors), Dana Canada in Chatham (heat shields for thermal and acoustic management of exhaust manifolds, catalytic converters, and turbochargers), and Vitesco Technologies (Powertrain Canada ULC) in Chatham (design, development, and testing of Actuators for clean, efficient vehicles). Chatham-Kent also

3135-562: Was also where the Hyslop and Ronald steam fire engine manufacturer was located; the factory would be taken over by Chatham Motor Car. In addition, it hosted meat packer O'Keefe and Drew . The Hawaiian pizza is claimed to have been invented in Chatham in 1962 at the Satellite Restaurant by Sam Panopoulos . In the U.S., former Ohio Governor Jim Rhodes proposed building a bridge across Lake Erie linking Cleveland to

3192-573: Was imposed on the County by a provincial commissioner. In a study on amalgamations in Ontario from 2003, 48% of respondents in Chatham-Kent felt the value they received as taxpayers became worse after amalgamation, and 64% of respondents still did not think of the community as "the Municipality of Chatham-Kent." Chatham-Kent has many historic festivals throughout the year, such as the Battle of Longwoods reenactment, which takes place on Labour Day weekend at Fairfield Museum on Longwoods Road. Chatham Kent

3249-478: Was the only division in Northern Ontario ever incorporated with a structure like those of counties, regional municipalities, and single-tier municipalities in the southern part of the province. That division was dissolved in 2000, and now constitutes the single-tier municipality of Greater Sudbury . The term "district" can also refer to second-level districts of the current City of Toronto that make up

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