Township_of_Fenelon,_Ontario

Fenelon Township

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]

Fenelon Township within Kawartha Lakes

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]

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Footnotes

  1. [1]
    "Fenelon". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  2. [2]
    "CLAIMaps IV". Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. 2016. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  3. [3]
    Map 5 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 700,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  4. [4]
    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.
  5. [5]
    Rayburn (1997) p. 118.
  6. [6]
    Rayburn (1997) p. 52.

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