Fenelon Falls, Ontario

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Fenelon Falls

Cameron Lake in the early evening

Fenelon Falls is a small town in Ontario, Canada. Known as the "Jewel of the Kawarthas," it has a population of 1,800 and is now amalgamated into the administrative city of Kawartha Lakes. Fenelon Falls is home to lock 34 on the Trent-Severn Waterway between Sturgeon Lake and Cameron lake. It is primarily a tourist town and so is most active during the summer season. The main street of Fenelon Falls is called Colborne Street.

The eponymous falls are hidden from public view, but are easily viewed with ease from a nearby restaurant, or perfectly from board walk below the falls, which follows a path to the end of the island, and back around to the locks on the other side. There is a main road that goes over the river, but that is just upstream. The town elders did not want to move the road to offer a more prominent scenic view because of the potential cost.

1 History
2 Facts and Figures
3 External links
4 References

[edit] History

The village of Fenelon Falls was incorporated in 1874. In 1876, the Victoria Railway reached Fenelon Falls. In 1885 construction of the lock between Cameron and Sturgeon lake began.

One theory says the community was named for Father Fenelon, a Sulpician missionary

[edit] Facts and Figures

"The Fenelon Falls Gazette" was the local paper, established in 1873 by E.D. Hand. It was last printed in December 2004.
Fenelon's Falls now power a Hydro-electric dam, which diverts some of the falls' flow.
Fenelon Falls is home to a night-time Santa Claus Parade.
Fenelon's Canada Day festivities and fireworks displays are held at Garnet Graham Park.
Fenelon Falls hosted the annual "Ride for Sight" a number of years at the Fenelon Fair Grounds, the last being 1998.