- Nanticoke, Ontario
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Nanticoke is an unincorporated community and former city located on the western border of Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada. It is southeast of Simcoe in neighbouring Norfolk County and south of Brantford. Historically a bustling farming and fishing community inhabited since the late 18th century, Nanticoke is now highly industrialized, and supplies up to 4000MW of electric energy to Southern Ontario through the Nanticoke Generating Station.
Nanticoke's residential area is bordered on the west by the Nanticoke Industrial Park, home to the U. S. Steel Canada Lake Erie Works and a number of smaller businesses, including Nelson Steel, Charles Jones Industrial (www.cji.on.ca), ESM, and Air Products. The neighbouring Esso Refinery Nanticoke on the northeast, and the Nanticoke Generating Station on the southeast are not part of the Industrial Park land, although this is frequently confused due to their proximity.
Census Population 1981 19,816 1991 22,727 1996 23,485 In 1974, Nanticoke was incorporated as a city within the Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk through the amalgamation of the towns of Port Dover and Waterford, the village of Jarvis, and parts of the townships of Rainham, Townsend, Walpole and Woodhouse. In 2001, the town and all other municipalities within the region were dissolved and the region was divided into two single tier municipalities with city-status but called counties. What was the city of Nanticoke is now split between Haldimand County (Ward 1) and Norfolk County (Wards 6 and 7).
Coordinates: 42°48′41″N 80°04′20″W / 42.8115°N 80.072308°W
Categories:- Communities in Haldimand County, Ontario
- Former municipalities in Ontario
- Western Ontario geography stubs
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