Fenelon Township

Former township in southern Ontario, Canada

The Township of Fenelon was a municipality in present-day Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] The township was named after François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon (missionary) (1641–79) who was a missionary in New France, establishing a mission on the Bay of Quinte.^[5]

The community of Cambray within the township was named after Cambrai in France, where François Fénelon (1651–1715), younger brother of the missionary, was archbishop.^[6]

Communities

Cameron
Cambray
Fenelon Falls
Long Beach
Sturgeon Point

References

Footnotes

^ "Fenelon". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
^ "CLAIMaps IV". Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. 2016. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
^ Map 5 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 700,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
^ Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #5 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Archived from the original on 2019-06-16. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
^ Rayburn (1997) p. 118.
^ Rayburn (1997) p. 52.

Bibliography

Rayburn, Alan (1997). Place Names in Ontario. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802006028. OCLC 36342881.

44°30′14″N 78°47′38″W / 44.50389°N 78.79389°W / 44.50389; -78.79389

City of Kawartha Lakes

City seat: Lindsay

Towns

Lindsay

Villages and
unincorporated
communities

Former townships

Major lakes

Trent River	Shadow Lake Silver Lake Four Mile Lake Balsam Lake Cameron Lake Sturgeon Lake Lake Scugog Pigeon Lake
Talbot River	Canal Lake Mitchell Lake Talbot Lake
Severn River	Lake Dalrymple Cranberry Lake Head Lake Fishog Lake