Stoney Point, Ontario
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- For other uses, see Stoney Point. For the town near Hamilton, Ontario, see Stoney Creek, Ontario.
Stoney Point (French: Pointe-aux-Roches) is a Hamlet with a population of about 600 located in Town of Lakeshore in Essex County, Ontario, Canada.
After a survey in 1824, a farming community developed in the area. With increased travel along the Tecumseh Road in the 1830s, small communities of predominantly French-speaking settlers began to form along the south shore of Lake St. Clair. Stoney Point flourished briefly in mid-19th century until depletion of local timber resources reduced the village's mainstay industry.
Many of the lakeshore properties are owned by Michiganians who return year after year to their summer cottages on the lake.
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