Leamington is in Essex County, Ontario. The closest major city is Windsor, across from the American border at Detroit, Michigan.
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Leamington Area Attractions
Leamington, Ont, Town, pop 16,188 (1996c), 14,140 (1991cA), 13,064 (1986cA), area 10.63 km², inc 1890, located on the N shore of LAKE ERIE, 54 km SE of WINDSOR. Named after a town in Warwickshire, Eng, it developed in the 19th century as a lake port and market-gardening centre. Tobacco growing was a major industry in the surrounding area, along with canning and food processing. Today it is the site of a large H.J. Heinz Co food processing plant. It is also the gateway to POINT PELÉE NATIONAL PARK.
Author: DANIEL FRANCIS
The 1998 Canadian EncyclopediaHarrow Research Centre - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
North American Black Historical Museum
Walpole Island Heritage Centre
See also Point Pelee National Park and Pelee Island.
Boating / Lake Erie / Great Lakes
Boat Charters, WheatleyLake Erie and Lake St Claire Geomorphology
Campgrounds
Events
Leamington Community Events
Notable Leamingtoners
Paul Dueck - harpistNino Ricci - author, his biography
David Suzuki - Geneticist and broadcaster
General Area Info
Essex County InfoEssex Region Conservation Authority
German tourist's view of the area
How's your german?Leamington Directory - Businesses
Leamington Mennonite Brethern Church
South Essex Economic Development Corporation
Maps
Map of Leamington
Mapquest Click on the link and type in the name of the town or city as well as the province.
Yellow Pages Canada
Great maps to find a person's place. Under "Find a Person", enter the person's last name, town and province. Click on the "Search" button. The next screen should show a link to the person. Click on the link to the name. The next screen shows the person's address. Click on the map icon. Zoom in and out using the buttons at the top of the screen.
News, Radio, Magazines
CHYR Radio, Leamington
Pelee Island
PELEE ISLAND Pelee Island, 18 sq mi (47 sq km), S Ont., Canada, in W Lake Erie. Scudder is the chief town. Ferry service connects the island.
The Columbia Encyclopedia
Pelee Island Seek On Directory
Pelee Island, Point Pelee National Park
Pelee Island, Point Pelee and Essex County Birding Reports
Pelee Island Birding (article)
Pelee Island United Mennonite Church
Point Pelee National Park
Point Pelée National Park (est 1918) is located at the tip of Point Pelee, a long peninsula jutting abruptly into LAKE ERIE, the southernmost tip of Canada's mainland. It is on the same latitude as Rome and northern California and its climate is somewhat warmer than in the rest of Canada; many species found in the park are typical of southern areas. The park sits atop a deposit of sand up to 70 m thick left by glacial meltwaters on a submerged limestone ridge.
The 1998 Canadian Encyclopedia
Point Pelee National Park Canadian Nature Federation
Point Pelee National Park - Parks Canada
Friends of Point Pelee - Festival of Birds Events
Point Pelee National Park, Pelee Island
Point Pelee, Pelee Island and Essex County Birding Reports
Sports
Area Golf Courses Windsor and Essex County Recreation
Windsor
Windsor, Essex and Pelee Convention and Visitor's Bureau
Windsor and District Chamber of Commerce
Web Cam
Leamington Web Cam
Wineries
Colio Estate Wines, Harrow
Pelee Island Winery, Kingsville
The Ketchup Song
by Stompin' Tom Connors
There was this guy from P.E.I. they used to call Potato,
He met this young Leamington, Ontario tomato,
But he had eyes for other girls, and since she was a little mushy,
So they said, "Well, let's get wed, there's no sense being fussy."
Chorus:
Big size, French fries, how they love tomatoes,
So dress 'em up with Heinz ketchup, ketchup loves potatoes,
Ketchup loves potatoes.Well he went down to Windsor town to buy a ring on Monday,
Saturday, they said, "Okay, we'll cut the cake on Sunday."
But Sunday came, and what a shame, they had no one to fetch it,
Without a cake they just sat and ate potato chips and ketchup.[Chorus]
And so this guy from P.E.I. they used to call potato,
He's got two boys and a little girl, two spuds and one tomato,
They romp and run around Leamington and boy when they get hungry,
The bottle drips all over the chips way down in the ketchup country.[Chorus]
Ketchup loves potatoes.
Ketchup loves potatoes !From the album, Bud the Spud - 1969 Capitol
Jones
Popcorn
Great Lakes Control Systems
