Lakeshore, Ontario

Lakeshore is a town in southwestern Ontario, Canada on Lake St. Clair. It is located in Essex County. The town was incorporated in 1999 by amalgamating the separate townships of Lakeshore, Rochester, Tilbury North and Tilbury West.

According to the Canada 2006 Census:

Population: 33,245 (in 2001: 28,746)
% Change (2001-2006): +15.7%
Dwellings: 12,368
Area (km².): 530.32
Density (persons per km².): 62.7

Lakeshore also has a significant concentration of Franco-Ontarians, and is one of only three communities in Southern Ontario (excluding Eastern Ontario) where francophones, as a percentage of the community's population, exceed the provincial average of five per cent. (The other two are Welland and Penetanguishene.) The community's hockey team is the Belle River Canadiens who play in Great Lakes Junior C League.

[edit] Communities

Belle River
Comber
Byrnedale
Deerbrook
Elmstead
Emeryville
Haycroft
Lighthouse Cove
North Woodslee (Signed with South Woodslee, together as the hamlet of "Woodslee")
Pike Creek
Pleasant Park
Puce
Ruscom Station
South Woodslee (Signed with North Woodslee, together as the hamlet of "Woodslee")
St. Joachim
Stoney Point
Strangefield

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Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan

Lake St. Clair

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Tecumseh

Chatham-Kent

Lakeshore, Ontario

Essex

Kingsville

Leamington

v • d • e Essex County, Ontario
Transportation	Current Provincial Highways: Highway 3 • Highway 77 • Highway 401 Former Provincial Highways: Highway 2 • Highway 39 • Highway 98 • Highway 107 • Highway 114 Essex County Roads: County Roads • Windsor Suburban Roads Railways: Essex Terminal Railway • Windsor Subdivision • Chatham Subdivision • CASO Subdivision
Municipalities	Amherstburg • Essex ¹ • Kingsville • Lakeshore • LaSalle • Leamington • Township of Pelee Island • Tecumseh • Windsor ²
Communities	Belle River³ • Colchester • Comber • Cottam • Deerbrook • Emeryville • Harrow³ • Maidstone • Malden Center • McGregor • Oldcastle • Puce • River Canard • Ruthven • St. Clair Beach³ • St. Joachim • Seacliffe • Stoney Point • Woodslee
Attractions and Parks	Point Pelee National Park • Fort Malden National Historic Park • Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary • Colasanti's Tropical Gardens • ERCA • Chrysler Canada Greenway • Trans-Canada Trail
Geography	Bois Blanc Island • East Sister Island • Fighting Island • Middle Island • Peche Island • Pelee Island • Point Pelee
Related Topics	Detroit, Michigan • Detroit River • Windsor • Ontario
¹ County seat. ² Separated Municipality, as of 1998. ³ Formerly a separate municipality, merged into another as of 1998.
List of municipalities in Ontario