Walkerton, Ontario

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Walkerton is a town and is the county seat of Bruce County, Ontario. It is located on the Saugeen River and is 75 km southwest of Owen Sound.

The town was incorporated in 1871 and was named after Joseph Walker, who settled in this area in 1850. On January 1, 1999, it became part of the Municipality of Brockton.

The Postal Code is N0G 2V0.

The town is also rumored to have been placed in the Guiness World Records for having a Church on each corner of the Jail & Courthouse complex. This as of yet is not proven.

The town is also home town to Laryssa Biesenthal who currently has six world championship medals, an Olympic silver medal as a member of the quad sculls crew in 1996 and the womens eights in 2000 where she received bronze. She also took part in Pan Am Games champion in double sculls.

A town map is available here :[1] County Map" [2]

For the incident of the water contamination in 2000 and seven resultant deaths, see the article: Walkerton Tragedy.