Tecumseh, Ontario - Citizendia

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Population (2001)

- Total

25,105

Time zone

Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

- Summer (DST)

EDT (UTC-4)

Tecumseh (2001 population 25,105) is a town on Lake St. Clair east of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. UTC−5 is the Time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during Daylight saving time ( DST UTC−4 is the Time offset used in the Atlantic Standard Time Zone in Canada in winter and the North American Eastern Time Zone during Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. A town is a type of settlement ranging from a few to several thousand (occasionally hundreds of thousands inhabitants although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan Lake St Clair ( French Lac Sainte-Claire) is a Lake that lies between Ontario, Canada, and Michigan in the Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and lies at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page

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. Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Tecumseh (March 1768 – October 5, 1813) also Tecumtha or Tekamthi, was a famous Native American leader of the Shawnee It was officially incorporated as a town in 1921. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar 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. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Essex County is a County and Census division located in Southwestern Ontario and covers an area at the southernmost tip of Canada St Clair Beach is a community in the town of Tecumseh, Ontario, Canada. In 2003, the City of Windsor annexed approximately 23 km² from the Town of Tecumseh. Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and lies at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. 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. A commuter town is an urban community that is primarily residential from which most of the Workforce commute out to earn their livelihood Urban sprawl, also known as suburban sprawl, is the spreading of a city and its Suburbs over rural land at the fringe of an urban area

Food processing is a major industry in Tecumseh, as Carriere owns a food processing plant near the heart of the town. Carrière may refer to Joseph Carrière (1795-1864 French theologian Food processing is the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw Ingredients into Food or to transform food into other forms for consumption by 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.

Tecumseh is home to former Canadian Olympic bobsledder Chris Lori, Olympic bronze medal-winning decathlete Dave Steen, Paralympic champion swimmer Danielle Campo, author Jarett Brown and former NHL players Mark Renaud,Tim Kerr, Bob Boughner, Warren Rychel and Ernie Godden. The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games Bobsleigh, bobsled or bobsledge is a Winter sport invented by Englishmen in the late 1860s in which teams make timed runs down narrow twisting banked Chris Lori is a Canadian Bobsledder who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s The decathlon is an Athletic event consisting of ten Track and field events David Lee Steen (born November 14, 1959 in New Westminster British Columbia) is a retired Canadian Decathlete, a three-time Mark Renaud (born February 21, 1959 in Windsor, Ontario) is a former professional Ice hockey defenceman. Timothy Kerr (born January 5, 1960 in Windsor, Ontario) is a retired professional Ice hockey winger who played in the National Hockey League Bob Boughner (born March 8 1971 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada) nicknamed The Boogieman, is a retired Professional hockey Warren Stanley Rychel (born May 12, 1967 in Strathroy Ontario) is a former Professional Ice hockey Left winger who played eight Ernie Alfred Godden (born 13 March, 1961 in Keswick, Ontario) is a retired professional Ice hockey centre who played five games for the The late Mickey Renaud 1988-2008 captain of the Windsor Spitfires. The Windsor Spitfires are a Junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The Windsor Spitfires are a Junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League.

Every August, Tecumseh hosts the Tecumseh Corn Fest, a four-day festival celebrating corn and the town's agriculture. The festival's mascot is named "Nibby". The Corn Fest draws people from all over the county, and even some from Chatham-Kent and Detroit, Michigan. For the town in England see Chatham Kent. The Municipality of Chatham-Kent ( 2006 The town also has concerts at the festival, and has hosted such large names as Shania Twain, Foreigner and Eddie Money in the past. Shania Twain ʃəˈnaɪə 'tweɪn OC (born Eilleen Regina Edwards, August 28 1965 is a Canadian Singer and Songwriter in the Foreigner is a rock band formed in New York City in 1976 by veteran musicians Mick Jones and ex- King Crimson member Ian McDonald, Eddie Money (born Edward Joseph Mahoney, March 21 1949) is an American rock Singer-songwriter who found success in

Tecumseh is the home of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League's Tecumseh Chiefs. History In the late 1990s the Western Ontario Junior B Hockey League began complaining about their top level players being pulled from their teams at trade deadline time

Notable local person

The French-language storyteller Joseph Groulx was from Tecumseh. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Joseph Groulx c1884-? was purportedly a Franco-Ontarian storyteller from Tecumseh, Ontario, an area of Southwestern Ontario with a small

External links

Town of Tecumseh website

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