Williamsford, Ontario

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Williamsford is a village on the North Saugeen River in Grey County, Ontario, Canada (Chatsworth Township). It has a general store, Pie company and post office, as well as a small restaurant, which is currently being renovated with plans to re-open in the fall of 2007. A small dam controls the North Saugeen River. It has several churches, and a community cemetery. Williamsford also includes a hockey arena, curling rink and baseball field. It is located on Grey Road 6 between Durham and Owen Sound.

Williamsford is most known for an F3 Tornado that struck and destroyed several homes April 20, 1996 from the Southern Ontario Tornadoes of 1996.