Charlotteville Township, Ontario
| Walsh, Ontario | |
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| Unincorporated Hamlet in Norfolk County | |
Charlotteville Community Hall erected in 1868
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 Walsh, Ontario
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| Coordinates: 42°45′51″N 80°23′17″W / 42.76417°N 80.38806°WCoordinates: 42°45′51″N 80°23′17″W / 42.76417°N 80.38806°W | |
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 Canada
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| Province |
 Ontario
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| Established | 1850 as Charlotteville Centre |
| Amalgamated | 2001 (Single-tier municipality) |
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| • Mayor | Charlie Luke |
| • Governing Body | The Council of The Corporation of Norfolk County |
| • MPs | Diane Finley (Con) |
| • MPPs | Toby Barrett (PC) |
| Elevation | 224 m (735 ft) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Forward sortation area | N3Y 4K1 |
| Area code(s) | 519 and 226 |
| Website | www.norfolkcounty.ca |
Walsh (formerly known as Charlotteville Centre) is a medium-sized hamlet in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.
Walsh developed as a township central crossroads gathering point on Young's Creek, in the first quarter of the 19th century. A number of service businesses have come and gone over the years, as road quality improved and practical travel distances increased. No commercial business remain, although Walsh is home to two elementary schools, two Christian churches, the township community hall that hosts an annual fall fair and the operating headquarters of a major regional transportation company.
Walsh is located near streams, valleys, conservation areas, and bays. Notable attractions within a reasonable driving distance of Walsh include the Norfolk County Fair and Horse Show, Turkey Point Beach, Lake Erie, and various rural cemeteries. During the fall months, pumpkins become abundant in the area - especially the rare "dwarf albino" pumpkin.Robins can be seen strutting through the local gardens for all 12 months of the year. Maurice Danko Jr., the brother of the late musician Rick Danko, was last seen residing in the Walsh area. Along the Turkey Point Road, tobacco kilns can be seen in threesomes. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, a wholesaler was once stationed here. It had become a private residence by the early 1990s.
A local businessman by the name of Bruce R. Smith starting hauling dairy products out of his trucking business in Walsh starting back in 1947. His son, John, took over the business in the mid-1970s and expanded the business and slowly recruited the help of 230 power units and 750 semi-trailer trucks delivering goods throughout Quebec, Ontario, and the United States over the decades. Food products in addition to steel from the Stelco Lake Erie Works greenfield steel mill are delivered with the help of global positioning systems and a computerized dispatch system that allows for networking over a wide area. As of 2012, there are 350 rank-and-file employees in addition to 210 professional operators and 50 operators that own their own vehicles.
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