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17-441: Eagle Lake may refer to: Cities, towns, townships etc. [ edit ] Canada [ edit ] Eagle Lake, Haliburton County, Ontario Eagle Lake, Parry Sound District, Ontario Eagle Lake 27, Ontario (Indian reserve) Eagle Lake, Kenora District, Ontario United States [ edit ] Eagle Lake, Florida Eagle Lake, Illinois Eagle Lake, Maine ,

34-870: A New England town Eagle Lake (CDP), Maine , the primary village in the town Eagle Lake, Minnesota Eagle Lake, Texas Eagle Lake, Wisconsin Lakes [ edit ] Canada [ edit ] Eagle Lake (Alberta) Eagle Lake (British Columbia) Eagle Lake (Ontario) United States [ edit ] Eagle Lake, Alaska, near Bell Island - see List of lakes of Alaska ) Eagle Lake, in Bradley County, Arkansas Eagle Lake (Lassen County) , 2nd largest natural lake entirely in California Eagle Lake (Desolation Wilderness) , California Eagle Lake (Tulare County) , near Mineral King, California Eagle Lake (Florida) , on

51-651: A lake in Buzău County, Romania Eagle River (disambiguation) Eagle Creek (disambiguation) Eagle (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eagle_Lake&oldid=1142048453 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

68-454: A land area of 1,474.22 km (569.20 sq mi), it had a population density of 4.9/km (12.6/sq mi) in 2021. Dysart et al has a vibrant cultural community including Haliburton School of Art + Design, Arts Council~Haliburton Highlands, Highlands Summer Festival, Highlands Opera Studio, Haliburton Highlands Museum, Haliburton Sculpture Forest, and Rails End Gallery & Arts Centre. The Haliburton International Film Festival (HIFF)

85-692: A native of Long Preston, Yorkshire, England, also established the first hotel in town that later became the Grand Central Hotel. Other important settlers included W. Ritchie, Alexander Niven, James Holland, John Erskine, the Heard family and Willet Austin. Haliburton was the northern terminus of the Victoria Railway (ex Canadian National Railway Haliburton subdivision) from Lindsay . The first railway train to arrive in Haliburton

102-608: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Eagle Lake, Haliburton County, Ontario The United Townships of Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde , commonly known as the Municipality of Dysart et al , is a municipality in Haliburton County in Central Ontario , Canada . The original townships were of

119-606: Is held each November at the Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion at the high school. The Annual Haliburton Art and Craft Festival is held on the fourth weekend in July and is a signature event for Haliburton County with attendance of approx 7500 and over 100 artisans. Haliburton appears as a significant setting in Canadian literature. Examples include Richard Pope 's Me n Len – Life in

136-592: The Canadian Land and Emigration Company . At 61 letters or 68 non-space characters, the municipality had the longest name of any place in Canada for a long time. However, in 2010 it was far surpassed by the newly created local service district of Lethbridge, Morley's Siding, Brooklyn, Charleston, Jamestown, Portland, Winter Brook and Sweet Bay in Newfoundland and Labrador . The municipality still has

153-734: The Haliburton Bush 1900–1940 and Robert Rotenberg 's Old City Hall . Scenes from the movie Meatballs (1979) were filmed at Camp White Pine, Haliburton. Dysart et al is served by two newspapers, The Haliburton Echo and The Highlander , and two radio stations, 100.9 Canoe FM and 93.5 The Moose . Southern portions of Algonquin Provincial Park lie in Dysart et al in the geographic townships of Bruton, Clyde, Eyre and Harburn. The local arena has mural paintings of Duchene, Hodgson, Nicholls, Stackhouse and Mike Bradley on

170-575: The Leslie Frost Centre). The County of Haliburton is part of the Trillium Lakelands District School Board . Elementary: Secondary: Post-Secondary: Adult Education: In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Dysart et al had a population of 7,182 living in 3,341 of its 7,298 total private dwellings, a change of 14.4% from its 2016 population of 6,280 . With

187-662: The author of the Sam Slick stories. According to the historical book, "Fragments of a Dream: Pioneering in Dysart Township and Haliburton Village" by Leopolda z L. Dobrzensky, the first European settlers began arriving in Haliburton village in 1864. Key settlers included Captain John Lucas (1824–1874). Lucas co-established the first saw/grist mill and was later elected the first Reeve of Dysart. Captain Lucas, originally

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204-412: The smaller communities of Donald, Eagle Lake, Fort Irwin, Goulds, Harburn, Harcourt, Kennaway ( ghost town ), Kennisis Lake and West Guilford. In the 1860s, the Canadian Land and Emigration Company of London , England purchased 360,000 acres (150,000 ha) in this part of Ontario for settlement purposes. The development was named after company chairman Judge Thomas Haliburton , a politician and

221-506: The status of longest place name of mainland Canada, longest place name of Ontario and second longest place name of Canada. The municipality's primary town is Haliburton ( 45°02′50″N 78°30′30″W  /  45.04722°N 78.50833°W  / 45.04722; -78.50833 ), a community on Head Lake . Haliburton has a seasonal tourism-based economy. Some of southern Ontario's population retreats to central and northern Ontario " cottage country " for recreation and relaxation during

238-553: The summer. Haliburton Village and Haliburton County derive their name from the author Thomas Chandler Haliburton , who wrote the popular " Sam Slick " stories in the mid-19th century. Haliburton was chairman of the Board of Directors of The British Land and Immigration Company in England, who were responsible for developing most of the area before it became incorporated into a "Provisional County" in 1887. The municipality also includes

255-1099: The west side of the town of Eagle Lake, Florida Eagle Lake (Maine) , at the head of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway Eagle Lake (Fish River) , one of the Maine Fish River chain of lakes Eagle Lake (Waterford Township, Michigan) Eagle Lake (Blue Earth County, Minnesota) Eagle Lake (Carlton County, Minnesota) Eagle Lake (Carver County, Minnesota) Eagle Lake, Cottonwood County, Minnesota Eagle Lake (Hubbard County, Minnesota) Eagle Lake, Martin County, Minnesota Eagle Lake, McLeod County, Minnesota Eagle Lake, Otter Tail County, Minnesota Eagle Lake (St. Louis County, Minnesota) Eagle Lake, Warren County, Mississippi Eagle Lake (New York) Eagle Lake (Oklahoma) , Oklahoma County Eagle Lake, Texas , Colorado County See also [ edit ] Lacul Vulturilor (Romanian for "Eagles' lake"),

272-751: Was erected by Ontario's former Department of Lands and Forests (now the Ministry of Natural Resources ) as an early detection to protect the local forests from fire. This tower was put out of use in the late 1960s when aerial detection systems were put in place. It was one of the County of Haliburton's many towers that were part of the former Lindsay Forest Fire District . Other towers included: Harburn, Eyre, Glamorgan (Green's Mountain), Harvey, Cardiff, Digby, Lutterworth, Sherboure (St. Nora), Dorset and Bruton. There were Department of Lands and Forests offices stationed in Minden, Ontario , Dorset and at St. Nora Lake (now

289-430: Was on November 26, 1878, with John Albert Lucas (1860–1945) as the train engineer. The railway was abandoned and the rails lifted in 1980. The station remains and is now home to Rails End Gallery and Arts Centre. The former Dysart fire tower was erected in 1956 on a hill by the east side of the village just off of Ontario Highway 118 . Its 100-foot (30 m) frame still stands, but the cupola has since been removed. It

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