Tecumseh, Ontario

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Town of Tecumseh, Ontario
nickname =
motto = A community proud of the past, confident in the future


imagesize =
image_caption =


image_



mapsize =
map_caption =
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name = Canada
subdivision_name1 = Ontario
subdivision_name2 = Essex
leader_title = Mayor
leader_title1 = Governing body
leader_title2 = Member of Parliament
leader_title3 = Provincial Representative
leader_name = Gary McNamara
leader_name1 = Tecumseh Town Council
leader_name2 = Joe Comartin (NDP)
leader_name3 = Dwight Duncan (LIB)
established_title = Founded
established_date = 1792
area_magnitude =
area_total_sq_mi =
settlement_type = Town
area_total_km2 = 120.3
area_land_sq_mi =
area_land_km2 =
area_water_sq_mi =
area_water_km2 =
area_urban_sq_mi =
area_urban_km2 =
area_metro_sq_mi =
area_metro_km2 =
population_as_of = 2001
population_note =
population_total = 25105
population_metro =
population_density_metro_km2 =
population_density_metro_sq_mi =
population_urban =
population_density_km2 =
population_density_sq_mi =
timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
latd= |latm= |lats= |latNS=N
longd= |longm= |longs= |longEW=W
elevation_m =
elevation_ft =
website =
footnotes =

Tecumseh (2001 population 25,105) is a town on Lake St. Clair east of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

Originally known as Ryegate Postal Station when it was first settled in 1792, Tecumseh was renamed in 1912 after the Shawnee tribe leader of the same name. It was officially incorporated as a town in 1921. Tecumseh had a large French population and when nearby Windsor started to grow into the area, considerable angst between the English and French developed.

In 1999, as part of a reorganization of Essex County, Tecumseh was merged with the Village of St. Clair Beach, and the Township of Sandwich South into the Town of Tecumseh. In 2003, the City of Windsor annexed approximately 23 km² from the Town of Tecumseh. Now considered to be a bedroom community of Windsor, Tecumseh is often cited as an example of urban sprawl; new subdivisions have developed on some of Canada's most valuable agricultural land beginning in the late 1980s.

Food processing is a major industry in Tecumseh, as Carriere owns a food processing plant near the heart of the town. The plant originally was Green Giant and Pilsbury/Green Giant sold in the late 1990s to Family Traditions. Family Tradition recently sold the food processing plant to Carriere.

Every August, Tecumseh hosts the Tecumseh Corn Fest, a four-day festival celebrating corn and the town's agriculture, featuring the towns mascot "The Chief of Tecumseh" and the festival's mascot named "Nibby" the corn cob. The Corn Fest draws people from all over the county, and local visitors from Chatham-Kent and Detroit, Michigan. The town also has concerts at the festival, and has hosted such large names as, Foreigner, Eddie Money and Hedley in the past.

Tecumseh was the home of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League's 2008 Junior B Champion Tecumseh Chiefs, a franchise which moved to LaSalle and was renamed the Vipers for the 2008-09 season.

Notable residents

*Joseph Groulx, French-language storyteller
*Chris Lori, Olympic bobsledder
*Dave Steen, Olympic bronze medal-winning decathlete
*NHL player Kyle Wellwood
*former NHL players Mark Renaud, Tim Kerr, Bob Boughner, Warren Rychel and Ernie Godden.

External links

* [http://www.tecumseh.ca/ Town of Tecumseh website]

Canadian City Geographic Location (8-way)
Northwest = Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan
North = "Lake St. Clair"
Northeast = "Lake St. Clair"
West = Windsor
Centre = Tecumseh, Ontario
East = Lakeshore
Southwest = LaSalle/Amherstburg
South = Essex
Southeast = Essex