Tweed, Ontario

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This page is about the Municipality of Tweed, for the village see Tweed, Ontario (village).

Tweed is both a municipality and a village located in central-eastern Ontario, Canada, in the County of Hastings. It is about halfway between Ottawa and Toronto.

The Municipality of Tweed is an amalgamated municipality comprising the former Village of Tweed and the former Townships of Hungerford and Elzevir & Grimsthorpe. The Municipality was officially incorporated as of January 1st, 1998 as a lower tier municipality within the County of Hastings two tier governing system.

Approximately 30% of the population resides the Village of Tweed, the only urban centre. The remainder of the Municipality consists of five hamlets (Actinolite, Marlbank, Queensborough, Stoco, and Thomasburg) and a large rural area which reaches from Wadsworth Lake in the north to Roslin to the south. The residents of the hamlets and the rural area comprise the other 70% of the population. As of 2004, there were approximately 2870 households.

As of 2004, the total land area was approximately 230,000 acres (930 km²), 30% of which was Crown land. Lakes, rivers and streams account for approximately 4,650 acres (18 km²). There are approximately 600 kilometres of roads throughout the Municipality.

The total 2004 property assessment for the Municipality of Tweed was $309,000,000. Its composition was 84% residential, 7% farm, 6% commercial and industrial, and 3% other categories.

Tweed is also reported to be home to the world's smallest jail.

The Black River joins the Moira River near the Village of Tweed.

According to the 2001 Statistics Canada Census:

  • Population: 5,612
  • % Change (1996-2001): -1.6
  • Dwellings: 2,807
  • Area (km²): 896.98
  • Density (persons per km²): 6.3

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[edit] Forest fire protection history

The Tweed Forest Fire District was founded by the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests in 1922 as one of 17 districts to help protect Ontario's forests. The headquarters for the district were housed at Hungerford Road in town. It was the central headquarters for 21 fire lookout towers. In 1958 the 100 foot-tall Hungerford firetower was erected beside the station. However, in the 1970s all the towers had been decommissioned as aerial fire fighting techniques were employed. The Hungerford tower was disassembled in 1996 and placed behind the Tweed Heritage Centre.

[edit] Notable stories

In 1996 the town made news when it applied for a CFL team, in an attempt to become the Green Bay of Canada. Had the attempt been successful, the team would have been known as the Tweed Muskies.Tweed has a pallet factory. Tweed is also know by some people by have great ice cream at Frosty's, the local ice cream shop and restaurant. The town is also know for some good swiming and fishing spots. THe town has a very rare fish in their lake, the Muskie.

[edit] Communities


North: Limerick
West: Tudor and Cashel, Madoc, Centre Hastings
 Tweed East: Addington Highlands, Stone Mills
South: Tyendinaga, Greater Napanee

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