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Location: Walnut Street East
Signage: Bothwell
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Bothwell - Ontario
Chatham-Kent. SW Ontario. Photo © Mark Visser

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Area Information
In 1851 George Brown, founder of the Toronto Globe and one of Canada's Fathers of Confederation, purchased about 1620 ha in this vicinity. The Great Western Railway ran through his property in 1855. The new community prospered until affected by the general depression of 1857-58 but revived by 1861 when a local oil boom developed. Brown was thus able to sell his holdings in 1865-66 for well over $250,000. Bothwell became a town in 1866. with some 3,500 inhabitants. (text on Ontario Historical Plaque)

Other Chatham-Kent communities with a water tower: Blenheim, Chatham, Dresden, Ridgetown, Thamesville, Tilbury, Wallaceburg, Wheatley.


 
 
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