Rosedale,_Ontario

Rosedale, Ontario

Rosedale, Ontario

Dispersed Rural Community in Ontario, Canada

Rosedale is a Dispersed Rural Community and unincorporated place located in the city of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada,[1][3][4][5] 29 kilometres (18 mi) north-west of Lindsay. It is partly in geographic Fenelon Township and partly in Somerville Township,[3] and is on the Rosedale River, part of the Trent–Severn Waterway, where that river drains Balsam Lake on its way to Cameron Lake.[1][3]

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Trent–Severn Waterway Lock 35 "Rosedale",[6] completed in 1873 thus allowing boats to traverse between Cameron and Balsam Lakes, is on the Rosedale River just east of the community, and Ontario Highway 35 crosses over the river at Rosedale.

Rosedale was for a time named Rosa Dale, after the wife of settler John Cameron, who first settled the area now known as Fenelon Falls[7]

The population of Rosedale is roughly 500.[citation needed]

Facts and figures

  • Rosedale celebrated the First Annual "National Marina Day" on August 13, 2005, with events at the local Rosedale Marina.[8]
  • In 2001,[9] Rosedale played host to part of an episode of the OLN Reality Series "Drifters: The Water Wars" as they passed through the Trent-Severn Waterway.[10]

References

  1. [1]
    "Rosedale". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  2. [2]
    Elevation take from Google Maps at coordinates. Accessed 2018-07-06.
  3. [3]
    "CLAIMaps IV". Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. 2016. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  4. [4]
    Map 5 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 700,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  5. [5]
    Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #5 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  6. [6]
    "35 - Rosedale". Parks Canada. Archived from the original on August 5, 2016. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  7. [7]
    Suggitt, Gladys M (1972). Roses and Thorns, A Goodly Heritage - The Early Days of Baddow and Area. John Deyell Co. p. 253. OCLC 680064990.
  8. [8]
    Rosedale Marina
  9. [9]
    Stellick Marketing & Communications - Case Studies
  10. [10]
    Playback :: Canadian reality series by Canadians for Canadians


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