Chatham-Kent
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Chatham was established in the 1790s as a naval dockyard on the Thames River. In the War of 1812, the Battle of the Thames was fought on October 5, 1813; the area is also included in the signed African-Canadian Heritage Tour route as a part of the Underground Railroad.
Get in
- From Highway 401, take exit 81 (CR 27 - Bloomfield Road) or exit 90 (Highway 40 north, Communication Road).
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address: 360 Queen St, N7M 2H6Three stops daily on "Corridor" trains from Toronto to Windsor.
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phone: +1 519-352-1491address: 545 Grand Ave E, N7L 3Z2The Toronto-London-Windsor express bus does not stop in Chatham, but two local runs per day do stop. Total time from Toronto (via Chatham) to Windsor is five and a half hours, including a 25-minute break in London.
Get around
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phone: +1 519-436-3233Local city bus on four half-hourly routes.
- Many of the locations listed here are rural and most easily accessed by automobile. Note that "Highway 2" (Queen's Line, through downtown Chatham) and "Highway 3" (Talbot Trail, along the Lake Erie waterfront) are marked locally as county or regional roads on maps issued after 1998. Highway 2 is the original main road from Windsor to Montreal (bypassed by 401), Highway 3 is the road from Detroit (bridge and tunnel) to the Buffalo-Niagara region along the north shore of Lake Erie.
See
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phone: +1 519-253-1064address: 165 1/2 King St. W, Chatham N7M 1E4Local art and photo exhibition gallery.
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Buxton National Historic Site & Museum
phone: +1 519-352-4799address: 21975 A.D. Shadd Road, North Buxton N0P 1Y0Museum and 1861 schoolhouse, 1854 log cabin and barn. A tribute to the 1849 Elgin Settlement, a haven for fugitive slaves and free Blacks and a final stop on the Underground Railroad. An annual Buxton Homecoming cultural festival in September recalls the roots laid by early black settlers in the area. -
phone: +1 519-380-0174address: 238 King Street W, Chatham N7M 1E7Live theatre in former 1930 movie house.
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Mary Webb Cultural and Community Centre
phone: +1 519-674-2223address: 87 Main St, Highgate N0P 1T0Concert, art exhibition and cultural event venue in former Highgate United Church, a century-old historic church deconsecrated in 2010. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site
phone: +1 519 683 2978address: 29251 Uncle Tom's Road, Dresden N0P 1M0Museum based on the memoirs of abolitionist Rev. Josiah Henson (1796-1883), which inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin. -
Wallaceburg and District Museum
phone: +1 519-627-8962address: 505 King St, Wallaceburg N8A 1J1Local history from the initial 1804 Baldoon Settlement through industrialisation, including lumber mills and cooperages.
Do
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phone: +1 519-674-3025address: 12752 Talbot Trail Morpeth, Ridgetown N0P 2C0Water park, playground, picnic site and zoo; 77-seat Duffy's Bar and Grill serves burgers, chicken, pizza.
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phone: +1 519-358-1988address: 771 St Clair St, Chatham N7M 5J7Scuba and snorkelling supplies, training, local dive excursions.
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Wallaceburg Trails Association
address: 505 King St, Wallaceburg N8A 1J1Network of on-road, off-road and water trails in and around the Wallaceburg area.
Events and festivals
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phone: +1 519-678-3434address: 15722 Turin Line, BothwellThree-day country music festival on Civic Holiday (first weekend in August).
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address: Downtown ChathamKent Historic Auto Club car show, Fri-Sat of Victoria Day weekend.
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phone: +1 519-365-8700address: Tecumseh Park, William St. N, ChathamWeekend in early July, food, live entertainment.
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address: MacDonald Park St. Clair Parkway, WallaceburgHistorical re-enactment of 1804 Scottish colonisation of the Snye River near Wallaceburg. Scottish and Native displays, storytelling, crafts, blacksmithing, campfire cooking, live music highland dancing, voyager canoes and longboats.
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Wallaceburg Antique Motor and Boat Outing
address: Wallaceburg Civic ParkAntique cars, boats, aircraft, firetrucks, motorcycles. Model toys, arts, crafts, soap box derby, parades and classic car cruise. Food and drink, dance, live music and karaoke.
Fishing charters
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phone: +1 519-676-7421address: 8468 Water St, Cedar Springs N0P 1E0
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phone: +1 519-676-2072address: 18476 Raglan Rd, Blenheim N0P 1A0
Golf
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phone: +1 519-676-8772address: 439 Chatham Street S., Blenheim
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phone: +1 519-676-1566address: Bloomfield Road and Hwy 3, Blenheim N0P 1A0
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phone: +1 519-351-3672address: 120 Indian Creek Rd. W, Chatham N7M 2E2
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Ridgetown Golf and Curling Club
phone: +1 519-674-3171address: 12438 Golf Course Line, RR#2 Ridgetown N0P 2C0 -
phone: +1 519-825-4521address: 790 Talbot Trail, Wheatley N0P 2P0
Buy
Chatham-Kent is a collection of individual, separate small towns; each of Chatham. Blenheim, Ridgetown, Wallaceburg and Tilbury has its own independent downtown core with an assortment of boutiques and stores.
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phone: +1 519-354-4040address: 90 Park Ave E, Chatham N7M 3V4Home and garden boutique, silver jewellery.
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phone: +1 519-352-2831address: 6 Indian Creek Rd E, Chatham N7M 4H1Importers of specialty cheeses, truffles, spices, candies and foodstuffs from various European nations.
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phone: +1 519-351-0555address: 14 King St. W, ChathamCafé with handmade desserts, coffee and hot cocoa.
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phone: +1 519-397-2172address: 9560 Pioneer Line, Chatham N7M 5J1Farm with over 8000 lavender plants, annual festival.
Eat
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phone: +1 519-354-5270address: 425 Riverview Dr, Chatham
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phone: +1 519-351-8444address: 203 King St. W, Chatham N7M 1E5
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phone: +1 519-360-1600address: 231 King W, Chatham
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phone: +1 519-352-2920address: 634 Grand E, Chatham
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phone: +1 519-352-5281address: 145 King St W, ChathamEstablished 1962, birthplace of the "Hawaiian" pineapple pizza.
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phone: +1 519-360-9401address: 953 Charing Cross, Chatham
Farms
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phone: +1 519-676-4475address: 8182 Talbot Trail, Blenheim N0P 1A0Working 400-acre family farm and store: apples and cider, peaches, cherries, strawberries.
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phone: +1 519-692-5373address: 14815 Longwoods Rd, Bothwell N0P 1C0U-pick blueberry farm with country store and bakery, café/restaurant.
Drink
Sleep
Hotels and motels
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phone: +1 519-676-2238address: 17655 Erieau Rd, Blenheim N0P 1A0Canoe, bicycle and paddleboat rentals, boat dockage up to 24 feet.
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phone: +1-519-627-0781address: 76 McNaughton Ave, Wallaceburg N8A 1R946 rooms, refrigerators, breakfast, wi-fi.
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Molly and OJs Restaurant & Lakeside Inn
phone: +1 519-676-8812address: 875 Mariners Rd, Erieau N0P 1N0Steak and seafood restaurant, chicken take-out, Sandbar Pub, eight cottages with private beach and boat storage. -
phone: +1 519-627-1433address: 80 Mc Naughton Ave, Wallaceburg N8A 1R9Savannah Grille, lounge, indoor heated salt-water pool and health club.
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phone: +1 519-351-5885address: 2 King Street West, Chatham N7M 1C6Street-level Chilled Cork Restaurant Lounge (22 William Street N7M 4S1, +1 519-354-7818) for casual fine dining 7AM-9PM weekdays, 9AM-9PM Sat, 9AM-2PM Sun.
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phone: +1 519-354-3366address: 25 Michener Rd, Chatham N7L 4B8
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phone: +1 519 354 4881address: 521 Grand Avenue East31 rooms with Led TVs, fridge, microwave and free internet, decorated with modern decor.
Bed and breakfast
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Dempster House Bed and Breakfast
phone: +1 519-365-3453address: 66 Main St. E, Ridgetown N0P 2C0 -
phone: +1 519-351-3126address: 320 Wellington Street W, Chatham N7M 1K1Victorian 1844 mansion originally owned by Alexander McLean, first mayor of Chatham.
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phone: +1 519-692-3409address: 22790 Centre Road, Moraviantown N0P 1C0Three rooms, air-conditioned, full home-style breakfast.
Camping
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phone: +1-519-825-4732address: 21097 Campers Cove Rd, Wheatley N0P 2P0Large shaded campground, sports, movies, special events, teen programs, trails, wi-fi.
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Lakeside Village Motel and Campground
phone: +1 519-825-4307address: 2416 Talbot Trail, Wheatley N0P 2P0 -
phone: +1 519-354-8423address: 3 Allen Road, Mitchell's Bay N0P 1L0Marina with boat launch, 108 campsites.
Rondeau Provincial Park261-site campground, lake and bay swimming, nature trails for hiking, biking and rollerblading.
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phone: +1 519-352-3085address: 6562 North Water Front Reserve, Dover Centre, Mitchell's BayFishing and hunting camp on Lake St. Clair.
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phone: +1 519-354-7310address: 21799 Fargo Road, ChathamForest with man-made lake, canoe rental, beach access, nature trails and 100 campsites, Children's Safety Village, Children's Water Festival and McKinlay Woodlands Memorial Forest.
Wheatley Provincial Park220-site wooded campground with beach access, playgrounds and hiking trails.