Penetanguishene
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Penetanguishene (, sometimes shortened to Penetang) is a town in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the southeasterly tip of Georgian Bay. Incorporated on February 22, 1882, this bilingual (French and English) community has a population of 8,962 in the Canada 2016 Census.
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Vinony's link graph records 376 inbound references to Penetanguishene, and connects out to Barrie, Canada 2011 Census and Canada 2016 Census.
The entry is geolocated on the map in ON, across 3 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario, Penetanguishene and Populated places on Lake Huron in Canada.
Vinony links it to 17 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Penetanguishene
- Settlement.official_name
- Town of PenetanguisheneVille de Penetanguishene (French)
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town (lower-tier)
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Penetang Docks.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Town docks on Penetanguishene Bay.
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- CAN ON Simcoe#Canada Southern Ontario
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Canada
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ontario
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Simcoe
- Settlement.established_title
- Settled
- Settlement.established_title2
- Incorporated
- Settlement.established_date2
- February 22, 1882
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Douglas Rawson
- Settlement.leader_title1
- MPs
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Simcoe County
- Shares border with
- Midland
- Founded by
- Étienne Brûlé
- Official website
- penetanguishene.ca
- Image
- Penetang Docks.jpg
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- Commons category
- Penetanguishene
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Penetanguishene
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Modern day
- Economy
- Tourism and sights
- Education
- Sports
- Demographics
- Media
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Penetanguishene (, sometimes shortened to Penetang) is a town in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the southeasterly tip of Georgian Bay. Incorporated on February 22, 1882, this bilingual (French and English) community has a population of 8,962 in the Canada 2016 Census.
The name Penetanguishene is believed to come from either the Wyandot or Abenaki via Ojibwe, meaning "land of the white rolling sands".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Penetanguishene” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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