Fonthill, Ontario
| Fonthill | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
| Coordinates: 43°2′38″N 79°17′15″W / 43.04389°N 79.28750°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| Regional municipality | Niagara |
| Town | Pelham |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Forward sortation area | L0S |
| Area code(s) | 905 and 289 |
| NTS Map | 030M03 |
| GNBC Code | FBERB |
| Website | http://www.pelham.ca |
Fonthill is a community in the town of Pelham, Ontario, Canada. It has a few small industries, but is primarily a residential suburb known for its fruit orchards, nature trails, and neighbourly attitude. As a bedroom community, most residents commute to Welland, St. Catharines and some as far as Buffalo, Hamilton and Toronto daily for work.
Fonthill shares its name with the Fonthill Kame, on which it is located, formed by glacial deposits. Effingham Creek, a cold-water stream, originates in the glacial silts and sands of Short Hills area of the moraine, northwest of Fonthill. Effingham Creek is a tributary to Twelve-Mile Creek, which empties into Lake Ontario.
For more about the geology of the town, see Fonthill Kame.
Letters written by Henry Giles, a settler who came to the area in 1840, suggest that he chose the name Fonthill because the area looked similar to the area around Fonthill Abbey in England. The village's first post office (and thus the Village of Fonthill) was established in 1856. On June 10, 2006, Fonthill celebrated its 150th anniversary. The celebration was marked by the opening of the band stand (a replica of the original band stand the existed in the early 1900s), historical displays and a variety of musical and artistic presentations.
On a clear day, the tall buildings of Niagara Falls to the East and Toronto to the North are clearly visible from a particular vantage point near Effingham Street and south Tice Road just west of Fonthill, that also allows views of Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, and the skylines of both Toronto and Buffalo. At one time a ski tow operated on the slope where the Lookout Point Golf and Country Club is located on Lookout Street.
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