Minden Hills, Ontario

Minden Hills is a township in, and the county seat of Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada. It is an amalgamation of the geographical townships of Snowdon, Lutterworth, Anson, Hindon and Minden. It is usually referred to as Minden, after its largest community. Minden Hills had a permanent population of 5,556 people in the Canada 2006 Census. [ [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3546015&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=Minden%20Hills&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=&GeoCode=3546015 Stats Canada 2006 Community Profile - Minden Hills, Ontario] .]

Minden

Minden, the primary residential and commercial centre of the township, is located just off Highway 35. After originally being surveyed in 1858, Minden was named after a town in the North Rhine-Westphalia federal state in Germany. The Minden community has been around since 1859, prior to which the settlement was originally called Gull River [Murray, Florence B. 1963. "Muskoka and Haliburton 1615-1875: A Collection of Documents". Florence B. Murray, Ed. The Champlain Society for the Government of Ontario, University of Toronto Press] [ [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-119.01-e.php?&isn_id_nbr=11635&interval=24&&PHPSESSID=reeejepmbfjalfqjirglalofd1/ Item Display - Post Offices and Postmasters - ArchiviaNet - Library and Archives Canada ] ] . The original settlers were drawn to the region via the Bobcaygeon Road (an original colonization road) because of its timber resources. The town lies on the banks of the Gull River and during the 19th and 20th centuries, loggers used this river to move timber to sawmills downstream.

Since the 1940s the town has become an increasingly popular summer destination given its close proximity to larger cities in southern Ontario. The population grows dramatically during the summer months as a result of tourism. The "Minden Times" is the local newspaper, and the local post office on Water St. services residents with lock boxes and three rural routes.

Minden is home to the Agnes Jamieson Gallery, named after Dr. Agnes Jamieson, the first female coroner in Ontario, which houses the largest known collection of André Lapine's work. Both lived in Minden during part of their lives.

Minden is home to one of the OCA's most prestigious camps, Kilcoo. Located on Gull Lake off highway 35, Kilcoo was established in 1932.

Other communities

The township also includes the smaller communities of Blairhampton, Brady Lake, Buller, Carnarvon, Deep Bay, Dutch Line, Gelert, Hindon Hill, Howland, Ingoldsby, Irondale, Kilcoo Harbour, Lochlin, Lutterworth, Miners Bay, Moore Falls and Pine Springs.

References

External links

* [http://www.minden.on.ca/ Township of Minden Hills website]
* [http://www.mindentimes.ca/webapp/sitepages/ The Minden Times website]
* [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-119.01-e.php?&isn_id_nbr=11635&interval=24&&PHPSESSID=reeejepmbfjalfqjirglalofd1/ Archivia.net - Minden Post Office]