Coldwater, Ontario

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Coldwater is a community in Severn Township with a population of 1,195 (1997), located on Ontario provincial highway 12 between Orillia and Midland, on the Coldwater River in Simcoe County. Chief John Aisance and his band of Chippewas settled at what is now Coldwater in 1830, calling the place Gissinausebing, which means "cold water."

A grist mill was built on the sight in 1833, and a post office was established in 1835 with the name Coldwater. The native people owned the mill until 1849.

Coldwater was opened to European settlement in 1836, and was incorporated in 1908. Three weekly newspapers have been published in the community: The Coldwater Planet, from 1896 to 1928, the Coldwater News, from 1895 to 1956, and the Coldwater Canadian in 1956.

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