Fenwick, Ontario

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Fenwick
Unincorporated community
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Canboro Road in Fenwick
Fenwick, Ontario
Coordinates: 43°1′29″N79°21′40″W / 43.02472°N 79.36111°W / 43.02472; -79.36111
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Regional municipality Niagara
Town Pelham
Time zone UTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Forward sortation area
L0S 1C0
Area codes 905 and 289
NTS Map030M03
GNBC CodeFBDWH

Fenwick is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, in the town of Pelham. It is located in the Niagara Region. Welland is the closest city center. Fenwick has a population of 1,500.

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History

The community was named in 1853. The name probably comes from Fenwick, East Ayrshire in Scotland, which was the birthplace of Dr. John Fraser, who was reeve of Pelham Township at the time. [1]

The post office dates from 1862. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Rayburn, Alan (1997). Place names of Ontario. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN   0-8020-7207-0 . Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  2. ↑ Hamilton, William (1978). The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. Toronto: Macmillan. p. 147. ISBN   0-7715-9754-1.
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