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Bruce County is a county in western Ontario, Canada, and includes the Bruce Peninsula. As of 2001, the population was 63,892. The area was 4,155.53 square kilometres. The county seat is Walkerton, Ontario. It is located at a Latitude of 44°30' North and a Longitude of 81°15' West.The county contains the Bruce Peninsula National Park. Notable towns include TobermoryTobermory is a small town lying at the north tip of the Bruce Peninsula in Ontario, Canada. The town is known as the fresh water SCUBA diving capital of the world because of the numerous shipwrecks that lie in the surrounding waters, especially in Fathom and Wiarton, home of the weather predicting groundhogThis article is about the mammal. The name Woodchuck is also used about a Woodpecker. The Groundhog Marmota monax , also called Woodchuck or Whistle Pig is a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots Wiarton WillieWiarton Willie is a famous Canadian groundhog who lives in the community of Wiarton in Bruce County, Ontario. Every February 2, on Groundhog Day, Willie takes part in the local Wiarton Willie Festival to determine if there will be an early spring or not..
1 Communities
- Towns
- Saugeen Shores
- South Bruce PeninsulaSouth Bruce Peninsula is a town at the base of the Bruce Peninsula of Ontario, Canada, in the County of Bruce between Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. According to the 2001 Statistics Canada Census: Population: 8,090 % Change ( 1996- 2001): 1. 1 Dwellings: 6,
- Municipalities
- Arran-Elderslie
- BrocktonThe Municipality of Brockton in Bruce County, Ontario was formed on January 1, 1999. As of 2001, the population was 9,658. The area was 565. 07 square kilometres. It includes the: former township of Brant former township of Greenock town of Walkerton Demo
- KincardineKincardine is a former township now a general municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located in Bruce County. As of 2001, the population was 11,029. The area was 578. 38 square kilometres. External Link Related Link List of communities in
- Northern Bruce Peninsula
- South Bruce
- Indian Reserves
- Neyaashiinigmiing
- Saugeen 29
1.1 Historic Townships
- Albermarle (Hope Bay, McIver, Colpoy's Bay, Mar, Red Bay) now in South Bruce Peninsula
- Amabel (Wiarton, Oliphant, Sauble Falls, Skipness, Park Head, Allenford) now in South Bruce Peninsula
- Arran (Elsinore, Tara, Invermay, Burgoyne) now in Arran-Elderslie
- Brant (Walkerton, Maple Hill, Dunkeld, Eden Grove, Vesta, Elmwood) now in Brockton
- Bruce (Underwood, Inverhuron) now in the Municipality of Kincardine
- Carrick (Formosa, Ambleside, Mildmay, Deemerton, Carlsruhe) now in South Bruce
- Culross (Teeswater) now in South Bruce
- Eastnor (Spry, Lion's Head, Hopeness, Poke Bay) now in Northern Bruce Peninsula
- Elderslie (Paisley, Chesley) now in Arran-Elderslie
- Greenock (Riversdale, Greenock, Chepstow, Cargill, Pinkerton, Bradley, Lovat) now in Brockton
- Huron (Pine River, Purple Grove, Verdun, Ripley) now in Huron-Kinloss
- Kincardine (Kincardine, Tiverton) now in the Municipality of Kincardine
- Kinloss (Kinloss, Kinlough, Holyrood, Langside, Lucknow) now in Huron-Kinloss
- Lindsay (Cape Chin, Dyer's Bay, Stokes Bay) now in Northern Bruce Peninsula
- Saugeen (Southampton, Port Elgin) now the Town of Saugeen Shores
- St. Edmund's (Tobermory) now in Northern Bruce Peninsula
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