Rosedale, Ontario

Rosedale is an unincorporated village located in the city of Kawartha Lakes, partially in Fenelon Township and Somerville Township, Canada. It is home to Lock 35 of the Trent-Severn Waterway on Balsam Lake.

Rosedale was for a time named Rosa Dale, after the wife of settler John Cameron, who first settled the area now known as Fenelon Falls^[1]

Travellers pass through Rosedale regularly while travelling on Highway 35 north of Fenelon Falls, Ontario to Coboconk.

The village of Rosedale is located Twenty-nine kilometers north-west of Lindsay. The population of Rosedale is roughly 500.

Facts and Figures

• Rosedale celebrated the First Annual "National Marina Day" on August 13, 2005, with events at the local Rosedale Marina. ^[2]
• In 2001, ^[3] Rosedale played host to part of an episode of the OLN Reality Series "Drifters: The Water Wars" as they passed through the Trent-Severn Waterway.^[4]

The Rosedale lock was completed first in 1873, allowing boats to traverse between Cameron and Balsam Lakes.

References

1. ^ Suggitt, Gladys M. (1972), Roses and Thorns, A Goodly Heritage - The Early Days of Baddow and Area, John Deyell Co., p. 253 
2. ^ Rosedale Marina
3. ^ Stellick Marketing & Communications - Case Studies
4. ^ Playback :: Canadian reality series by Canadians for Canadians