Tweed, Ontario (village)
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Tweed, Ontario is a community on Stoco Lake
and the only urban centre in the Municipality of Tweed
in Hastings County
, central-eastern Ontario
, Canada
. Tweed has a population of 1,540 according to the 2001 Canada Census. The principal thoroughfare through Tweed is Highway 37
.
in Scotland. The economic development of the community was enabled by lumbering and mining developments during the mid 19th century. Tweed became a service centre for area farmers. It was incorporated as a Village in 1891.
Tweed, formerly Hungerford Mills, a thriving post village in Hastings County, Ontario, on the Moira River, 38 kilometres north of Belleville. It possesses good water power, 26 stores, and churches of 4 denominations. Pop 1800.
In 1967, Tweed was the site of the first all-women municipal council in Canada.
In 1998, Tweed was amalgamated with the Township of Hungerford and the Township of Elzevir & Grimsthorpe to form the Municipality of Tweed.
team, in an attempt to become the Green Bay
of Canada. Had the attempt been successful, the team would have been known as the Tweed Muskies.
In 1989 the Ottawa branch of the Elvis Sighting Society declared Elvis was alive and well and living in Tweed. For several years after that an Elvis is Alive festival was held in July. More recently Tweed and Elvis made the headlines when a reporter from the Toronto Sun came to investigate if there was truth to the rumours. The only evidence that remains now that Elvis may have ever been in the community is a very short road now called Elvis Lane. Oddly enough not far from the proposed site of the Tweed Muskies stadium.
Between 2007 and 2009, a series of crimes occurred in Tweed and neighbouring Cozy Cove including 2 sexual assaults, but mainly numerous thefts of women's undergarments and clothing. In February of 2010 Jessica Lloyd of nearby Belleville
was found dead in Tweed after Russell Williams led police to her body, confessing to her murder, as well as that of Cpl. Marie Francis-Comeau, a military flight attendant stationed at CFB Trenton
, but living in neighboring Brighton
. Williams pleaded guilty to all charges on October 18 2010.
Stoco Lake
Stoco Lake is a lake in the Lake Ontario drainage basin in Tweed, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.The lake is about long and wide, and lies at an elevation of . There are two named islands, Butternut Island and Grant Island, and one named bay, Cosy Cove at the northeast. The primary inflow is...
and the only urban centre in the Municipality of Tweed
Tweed, Ontario
Tweed is a municipality and a village located in central-eastern Ontario, Canada, in Hastings County.The Municipality of Tweed is an amalgamated municipality comprising the former Village of Tweed and the former Townships of Hungerford and Elzevir & Grimsthorpe...
in Hastings County
Hastings County, Ontario
Hastings County is located in the province of Ontario, Canada. It is The Cheese Capital of Canada. Geographically, it is located on the border of Eastern Ontario and Central Ontario. The population was 125,915 in 2001 and grew to 130,474 in the 2006 Canada Census...
, central-eastern Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Tweed has a population of 1,540 according to the 2001 Canada Census. The principal thoroughfare through Tweed is Highway 37
Highway 37 (Ontario)
King's Highway 37, commonly referred to as Highway 37, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. Its northern terminus is at Highway 7 in Actinolite , and its southern terminus was formerly at Highway 62 in Belleville; however, in 1998 the terminus was...
.
History
Tweed was first settled in the 1830s and named Hungerford Mills, after the surrounding township. The settlement was renamed Tweed after the River TweedRiver Tweed
The River Tweed, or Tweed Water, is long and flows primarily through the Borders region of Great Britain. It rises on Tweedsmuir at Tweed's Well near where the Clyde, draining northwest, and the Annan draining south also rise. "Annan, Tweed and Clyde rise oot the ae hillside" as the Border saying...
in Scotland. The economic development of the community was enabled by lumbering and mining developments during the mid 19th century. Tweed became a service centre for area farmers. It was incorporated as a Village in 1891.
Tweed, formerly Hungerford Mills, a thriving post village in Hastings County, Ontario, on the Moira River, 38 kilometres north of Belleville. It possesses good water power, 26 stores, and churches of 4 denominations. Pop 1800.
In 1967, Tweed was the site of the first all-women municipal council in Canada.
In 1998, Tweed was amalgamated with the Township of Hungerford and the Township of Elzevir & Grimsthorpe to form the Municipality of Tweed.
Notable stories
In 1996 the town made news when resident Presbyterian minister larry turner and Russel moon applied for a CFLCanadian Football League
The Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....
team, in an attempt to become the Green Bay
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay is a city in and the county seat of Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, located at the head of Green Bay, a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It has an elevation of above sea level and is located north of Milwaukee. As of the 2010 United States Census,...
of Canada. Had the attempt been successful, the team would have been known as the Tweed Muskies.
In 1989 the Ottawa branch of the Elvis Sighting Society declared Elvis was alive and well and living in Tweed. For several years after that an Elvis is Alive festival was held in July. More recently Tweed and Elvis made the headlines when a reporter from the Toronto Sun came to investigate if there was truth to the rumours. The only evidence that remains now that Elvis may have ever been in the community is a very short road now called Elvis Lane. Oddly enough not far from the proposed site of the Tweed Muskies stadium.
Between 2007 and 2009, a series of crimes occurred in Tweed and neighbouring Cozy Cove including 2 sexual assaults, but mainly numerous thefts of women's undergarments and clothing. In February of 2010 Jessica Lloyd of nearby Belleville
Belleville
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was found dead in Tweed after Russell Williams led police to her body, confessing to her murder, as well as that of Cpl. Marie Francis-Comeau, a military flight attendant stationed at CFB Trenton
CFB Trenton
Canadian Forces Base Trenton , is a Canadian Forces base located northeast of Trenton, Ontario. It is operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force and is the hub for air transport operations in Canada and abroad...
, but living in neighboring Brighton
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
. Williams pleaded guilty to all charges on October 18 2010.
Notable people
- Former Chief Justice of the Ontario Superior Court of JusticeOntario Superior Court of JusticeThe Superior Court of Justice is the superior court of general jurisdiction for the Province of Ontario, Canada. It is the successor to the former Ontario Court of Justice , and was created on April 19, 1999...
Patrick LesagePatrick LeSagePatrick J. LeSage, CM, O.Ont is a lawyer and former judge. He spent 29 years as a judge, and until 2002 was the Chief Justice of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice...
was born in Tweed. - Michael OndaatjeMichael OndaatjePhilip Michael Ondaatje , OC, is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet of Burgher origin. He is perhaps best known for his Booker Prize-winning novel, The English Patient, which was adapted into an Academy-Award-winning film.-Life and work:...
has a holiday house in the area and is occasionally sighted in the village.