Thamesville, Ontario

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Thamesville is a community in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada. It is located at the junction of former provincial Highways 2 and 21, between Chatham and London. Its name comes from the Thames River that flows nearby and the suffix -ville.

It has a very small downtown with many notable restaurants and stores. Students here get bussed to Dresden, Ontario for Secondary Education (Lambton Kent Composite School). Thamesville has one Public Elementary School (Thamesville Area Central School), and one Catholic Elementary School (Good Shepherd Catholic School)

It is the home of the Threshing Festival, which is held annually in the month of July.

Thamesville is the site of one of the most famous battles in North American war history. It is here that Shawnee leader Chief Tecumseh was killed during the War of 1812's Battle of the Thames. In tribute to this war hero, a monument stands across from the field where the battle occurred.

Thamesville is also the birthplace of famous Canadian author Robertson Davies who wrote The Fifth Business, a book that is included in school curriculums across North America.

It is here in Thamesville that a common household product, Bulldog Steel Wool, is manufactured.