46-488: [REDACTED] Look up klondyke in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Klondyke may refer to: Places [ edit ] Klondyke, Ontario , Canada The Klondyke, a causeway connecting Coley's Point and Bay Roberts , Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada the former name for Hazelridge , Manitoba, Canada an area south of Vang, Bornholm , Denmark Klondyke Pit,
92-494: A change of 6% from its 2016 population of 398,953 . With a land area of 1,844.21 km (712.05 sq mi), it had a population density of 229.3/km (593.9/sq mi) in 2021. The County of Essex is governed by a County Council, whose members are the mayors and deputy mayors from the seven lower-tier municipalities of the county. The Head of Council is known as the Warden. The term of office for County Councillors and
138-729: A large francophone population. Amherstburg and Sandwich were the first towns established in Essex County, both in 1796 after the British finally ceded and evacuated Fort Detroit along the Detroit River under the terms of the " Jay Treaty ". This was negotiated by John Jay , and signed in 1794 following the American Revolutionary War. It was intended to settle the US northern boundary with Canada. It upheld
184-573: A population of 22,119 living in 8,285 of its 8,635 total private dwellings, a change of 2.6% from its 2016 population of 21,552 . With a land area of 246.08 km (95.01 sq mi), it had a population density of 89.9/km (232.8/sq mi) in 2021. Kingsville is home to the Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary . Jack Miner was awarded The Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his achievements in conservation in
230-655: Is a town in Essex County in southwestern Ontario , Canada. It is Canada's southernmost municipality with town status. The town had a population of 22,119 in the Canada 2021 Census a 2.6% increase from the previous census figure of 21,552 in the Canada 2016 Census . Kingsville was incorporated as a town in 1901. On 1 January 1999, the Town was amalgamated with the adjoining Township of Gosfield North and Township of Gosfield South to form an expanded municipality. Kingsville
276-721: Is administered by the Greater Essex County District School Board , along with the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board which oversees English-language Catholic education. French-language public and Catholic education are overseen by the Conseil scolaire Viamonde and the Conseil scolaire catholique Providence respectively. The scope of all of these organizations includes both the County and
322-450: Is home to Canada's largest wind farm as of June 2012. This is due to both its ideal wind conditions and abundance of available farmland. Essex County has one of Canada's longest growing seasons at 212 days per year. Leamington, a town in Essex County, has also been known for its greenhouses . It now has the largest concentration of commercial greenhouses in all of North America, with nearly 2000 acres of greenhouse vegetable production in
368-579: Is now the south or Canadian side of the Detroit River , across from the French Fort Detroit. They cultivated long, narrow plots of land along the river. Despite the name, this is not a river as such but rather a strait connecting Lake Huron and the smaller Lake Saint Clair in the north to Lake Erie in the south, as part of the Great Lakes . Lower down the river, lands were occupied by native people known as Wyandot or Huron, around
414-537: Is organized by the Kingsville Music Society. It began in early August 2014 and has continued each year with headliners such as Bruce Cockburn , Ashley MacIsaac , Steven Page , and Kathleen Edwards . Kingsville was, for over a decade, home to the Williams family's Christmas light show which had over the years grown to a display with more than 60,000 lights. Over the years, this show was used by
460-520: Is responsible for issues that include transportation, community and social services (e.g. homes for the aged, child care, social housing), libraries, planning, emergency management coordination and corporate-wide business such as finance and taxation policies, general corporate policy and labour relations. The County does not have a police force or fire services, for which the seven municipalities are responsible. English-language public education for kindergarten through secondary school grades in Essex County
506-664: Is testament to this period. Many of the descendants of the fugitives moved back to the United States to support the Northerners ( Union Army ) in the American Civil War , (1861–1865), or to reconnect with family after emancipation . Many families stayed. By the late 19th century Essex County had seen fur trading and logging, land clearing and farming, road building and railway development, saw mills and gristmills, railway stations and water ports. By this time
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#1732802165896552-536: Is west of the Municipality of Leamington , south of the Town of Lakeshore and southeast of the Town of Essex and north of Lake Erie . The geography of Kingsville is typical of most of Essex County. The terrain is generally flat, and consists of glacial drift which is a mixture of various rocks, sand and clay. The town is approximately 570 feet above sea level. In addition to the primary settlement at Kingsville,
598-592: The American Revolution , and the War of 1812 (1812–1815), which also was a confrontation over the northern border, some people continued to migrate north to the area. Settlers also arrived from the east seeking land, traveling by Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River of Lower Canada . Settlers began to move eastward along the north shore of Lake Erie. The colonial government purchased land for development from
644-549: The British Empire . It was awarded June 23, 1943, by King George VI , as King of Canada . Jack Miner is considered "the father of the conservation movement on the continent". Kingsville is home to Colasanti's Tropical Gardens which attracts people from all over Ontario. The gardens have many varieties of tropical plants and animals. Kingsville is also home to the Kingsville Music Festival which
690-698: The 1840s the Great Famine led to significant immigration. The village of Maidstone was the centre of the Irish community, and an area known as the "Scotch Colony" appeared along the shore of Lake St. Clair to the north. In 1854 the Great Western Railway connected the Detroit frontier with the east, crossing Essex County. The Canadian terminal was in Windsor, which consequently forged ahead of
736-636: The British military presence from the more heavily populated area of Sandwich upstream, and positioned strategically to control the entrance of the river from Lake Erie and Lake Huron to the north. The populations of both towns were augmented by people immigrating from the southern United States after the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), including from the new City of Detroit , who chose to remain British subjects , known as " Loyalists " or " United Empire Loyalists ". After
782-739: The City of Windsor. Until 1998 the Essex County Board of Education operated Anglophone secular public schools. Public post-secondary education is available at the University of Windsor , St. Clair College , and more recently Collège Boréal . Essex-Windsor Emergency Medical Services (EMS) provides pre-hospital treatment and transportation to over 45,000 patients per year. The service operates out of 12 bases, and employs over 260 Primary Care Paramedics . Essex-Windsor EMS covers all of Essex County, Windsor, and Pelee Island. Essex County
828-478: The Indigenous in the southern half of the current county, located in the four townships formerly known as Gosfield North and South, and Colchester North and South. The British Court made land available for settlement, provided that the colonist complete certain improvements within a year and that it not be used for speculation. This area became known as the "New Settlement" (as compared to the "Old Settlement" of
874-697: The Jesuit Catholic Mission of Bois Blanc (French for White Wood), opposite the island of the same name. The Mission was eventually abandoned and re-established closer to what became Sandwich Township after the British took over the French territory following the Seven Years' War. It was closer to the safety of the British-fortified Fort Detroit . When farmers arrived, they encountered difficulty in trying to clear
920-782: The Kingsville Arena Complex. After playing a neutral site game in Kingsville during the 2016–17 season, the St. Clair Shores Fighting Saints of the Federal Hockey League relocated to Kingsville for the 2017–18 season as the North Shore Knights . The team played most of its home games out of the Kingsville Arena Complex with a few other neutral site home games in various cities in Ontario and Quebec. After cancelling several games during
966-716: The Klondyke wing of the Royal York Hotel in York, England King Klondyke , an 1899 silent film; see Stanley Lupino "Operation Klondyke", an episode of the television series Undercover Customs See also [ edit ] Melcher Covered Bridge , also known as the Klondyke Covered Bridge Klondike (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
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#17328021658961012-513: The Petite Côte was occupied, settlement began to extend toward Lake St. Clair , which became known as the " Assumption Settlement ", for the name of its Catholic church. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the French ventured east along the south shore of Lake Saint Clair and settled in the present-day areas of Belle River (Belle-Rivière), Rochester, Tecumseh, Saint-Joachim and Stoney Point (Pointe-aux-Roches). These communities still have
1058-430: The Warden coincides with the frequency of municipal elections in Ontario, in other words a person elected to be Mayor of Leamington, for example, will be a member of County Council for the term that she or he is Mayor. Hilda MacDonald, Mayor of Leamington , was chosen to be Warden at the most recent election. A complete list (from 1853 to present) of the past Wardens of Essex County can be found online. County government
1104-509: The administrative seat, Essex . Essex County is composed of seven municipalities (in order of population): The City of Windsor and the Township of Pelee are within the Essex census division but are not part of Essex County. The census division had a population of 422,860 as of 2021. Essex County is largely composed of clay-based soils, with sandy soils along the beaches and shores. For
1150-489: The colloquial name for the former Newcraighall Colliery in Edinburgh, Scotland Klondyke mill and mine, near Trefriw in north Wales United States [ edit ] Klondyke, Arizona Klondyke School District Klondyke, Indiana Klondyke, Parke County, Indiana Klondyke, Louisiana , the north end of Louisiana Highway 55 Klondyke, Minnesota a neighbourhood of Asheville, North Carolina
1196-475: The county after the War of 1812 , the first of which followed Indian trails. Colonel Thomas Talbot contributed to road development, and Talbot Road was named for him. Talbot Road followed a natural ridge of glacial moraine which stretched from Windsor to Point Pelee . The establishment of good roads led to further settlement along the 'Middle Road' and in the area of what is now Leamington . Settlers of this era were often emigrants from Britain and Ireland; in
1242-444: The extremely thick forests that covered Essex County. The farmers grew to "hate" the trees, and chopped them down, starved them from nourishment by cutting deep gashes in the bark, and burned them to clear the way to get to the fertile soils underneath. The fires were so intense, that the reddish glow could be seen from Fort Chicago , 300 miles (500 km) away, as millions of cords of wood burned. Settlement continued southward along
1288-483: The family to raise money to help with the fight against cancer, and thus far have raised over $ 40,000. In 2024 the city enacted a bylaw that would have required the family to apply for a permit for their display that would also limit their hours of operation. Rather than comply with these new regulations, they have decided instead to discontinue this display in the town and have been looking for other municipalities to host this display instead. Kingsville was, for 26 years,
1334-478: The forests were being removed to make way for farmland. Also noticeable in some farmers' fields are oil pumps , particularly near Belle River and Leamington , in the northern and eastern parts of the county, respectively. This is from oil shale within the bedrock of the Marcellus Formation . In 1992, discussions began to take place to reduce the number of individual municipalities, which at
1380-413: The former spelling for Klondike, Dawson County, Texas People [ edit ] Klondyke Kate (born c. 1962), English professional wrestler Klondyke Raaff (1879–1949), South African international rugby union player a ring name for Sirelda , a Canadian professional wrestler Other uses [ edit ] a nickname used for GNR Class C1 (small boiler) , a class of steam locomotives
1426-440: The general area. Major products of the greenhouse industry, in addition to tomatoes, are peppers , cannabis , cucumbers , roses , and other flowers . Major employers include Highbury Canco, Aphria , FortDearborn, Highline Mushrooms, Elring-Klinger , Nature Fresh Farms, Hub International , Lakeside Produce and AMCO Farms. Essex County is home to 13 VQA wineries that are a part of Ontario's southernmost appellation . At
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1472-850: The home town of the Great Lakes Jr. C team Kingsville Comets . The team was sold and moved to Amherstburg in 2013, becoming the Amherstburg Admirals. The town was among the top 5 places in Canada chosen for CBC's Kraft Hockeyville 2008, and finished in 2nd place in the competition with over 1.5 million votes. In 2015, the Kingsville Kings were formed and added to the South Conference of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League . They play out of
1518-429: The most part, Essex County is flat farmland, with some woodlots . There is a small 30–50 foot (10–15 m) high ridge near Kingsville and Leamington in the southern part of the county, and large marshland near Hillman Marsh Conservation Area, and Point Pelee National Park . Lake St. Clair is located north, the Detroit River to the west, and the western basin of Lake Erie to the south. Essex County hosts some of
1564-443: The municipality also includes the smaller communities of Cedar Beach, Cedar Island, Cedarhurst Park, Cottam, Klondyke, Linden Beach, North Ridge, Olinda, Ruthven and Union. The community of Albuna is located on the boundary between Kingsville and Leamington, and the communities of Arner and Elford are located on the boundary between Kingsville and Essex. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Kingsville had
1610-513: The name chosen for the new school. A fourth school, Ruthven Public School, was closed in the summer of 2013 due to overall declining enrollment. Students from Ruthven were assigned to Jack Miner Public School. Essex County, Ontario Essex County is a primarily rural county in Southwestern Ontario , Canada comprising seven municipalities: Amherstburg , Kingsville , Lakeshore , LaSalle , Leamington , Tecumseh and
1656-621: The original boundary lines along the Great Lakes between the US and Upper Canada by the Treaty of Paris of 1783 and the wider set of treaties known as the Peace of Paris , which ended the American Revolution (1775–1783) and overseas European and multi-continental wars. Britain ceded the territory of eastern North America to be the United States . The British built Fort Malden near Amherstburg, opposite Bois Blanc Island , separating
1702-846: The other towns of the county. Other railway lines were built that connected settlements in Kingsville, Harrow, Essex and Leamington. Essex County was also a destination of the Underground Railroad . In the 19th-century Black Americans came to Essex county by way of Pelee's Point , Gosfield (now Kingsville ), Colchester , Sandwich , and Windsor . Those who stayed in the area settled in the communities of Fort Malden , Sandwich , New Canaan , Mersea , and nearby Dawn Settlement (now Dresden ), Buxton (now North Buxton and South Buxton ), Chatham , and Elgin . The major settlement areas were Amherstburg and Windsor . The John Freeman Walls Historic Site in Maidstone ( Lakeshore )
1748-512: The river and was known as Petite Côte (Small Coast), which was a reference to the shorter length of river frontage compared to the Detroit/American side. Landmarks were named for settler LaSalle and the local Ojibway , which continue to be in use. The first road in Ontario was laid out to connect the settlements, which is now over 200 years old and is known as Former King's Highway 18 (now County Road 20). When river frontage along
1794-594: The season, the Knights were not listed as an FHL member the following season. Kingsville has two schools, St. John de Brebeuf Catholic Elementary School and Erie Migration District School. Erie Migration District School opened in September 2024 and amalgamated the student body of three previous schools Kingsville Public School, Jack Miner Public School and Kingsville District High School ; all of which were closed as of June 2024. Several community members were critical of
1840-508: The surrounding Midwestern United States , thunderstorms and severe weather are more frequent during the spring and summer months. The area that has come to be known as Essex was one of the first counties to be settled by non-indigenous people in Upper Canada , later to become Ontario . The settlements were mostly established by French settlers in the mid-18th century. Around 1749, the first permanent settlements began to appear on what
1886-529: The time numbered 21 in the county. This culminated on January 1, 1999, when a Minister's Order by the Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing was implemented, putting in place the new municipal structure for the County of Essex. Townships: Towns: As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Essex County had a population of 422,860 living in 165,787 of its 174,446 total private dwellings,
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1932-503: The title Klondyke . 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=Klondyke&oldid=1010442004 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Klondyke, Ontario Kingsville
1978-580: The towns of Amherstburg and Sandwich. Settlers in this area included Hessians who fought for the British against the American rebels, (especially known in history at the Battle of Trenton in New Jersey on the morning of December 26, 1776) and Pennsylvania Dutch pacifists (ethnic German Mennonites , many from Pennsylvania ). In 1791, the province of Upper Canada was formed. In 1792, Upper Canada
2024-416: The warmest summer weather in Canada , given that it is the southernmost part of Canada. It has a humid continental climate ( Köppen Dfa ) with four distinct seasons and a localized maritime climate from the surrounding Great Lakes. Average winters are wet and cold with a variety of conditions including rain , snow , freezing rain , sleet and fog . Temperatures and conditions change frequently during
2070-450: The winter months, with short periods of both bitter cold or mild weather. Winter storms are common but usually cause minimal disruption. Essex County resides outside of the Great Lakes snowbelt and doesn't experience intense lake-effect snow accumulation like other surrounding areas, although strong westerlies off Lake Michigan can sometimes push snow squalls into the area. Summers are hot and humid with an abundance of sunny weather. Like
2116-671: Was divided into nineteen counties, of which Essex was the eighteenth and part of the Western District . At that time, the eastern boundary of Essex County extended further east into what is now Kent County . Settlement continued: on January 1, 1800, an Act for the Better Division of the Province established the Townships of Rochester, Mersea, Gosfield, Maidstone, Sandwich and Malden. Longer roads began to appear in
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