Minden Hills
| Minden Hills, Ontario, Canada | |
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| Township (lower-tier) | |
| Township of Minden Hills | |
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 Minden Hills
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| Coordinates: 44°56′N 78°44′W / 44.933°N 78.733°WCoordinates: 44°56′N 78°44′W / 44.933°N 78.733°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Ontario
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| County | Haliburton |
| Settled | 1850s |
| Formed | January 1, 2001 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Reeve | Brent Devolin |
| • Federal riding | Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock |
| • Prov. riding | Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock |
| Area | |
| • Land | 878.17 km2 (339.06 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 5,655 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Postal Code | K0M |
| Area code(s) | 705 |
| Website | www.mindenhills.ca |
Minden Hills is a township in and the county seat of Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada. It is an amalgam of the townships of Snowdon, Lutterworth, Anson, Hindon and Minden. It is usually referred to as Minden, after its largest community.
The township was formed on January 1, 2001, by combining the townships of Lutterworth, Snowdon, and Anson Hindon & Minden.
The primary residential and commercial centre of the township is Minden, located just off Highway 35 (44°55′34″N 78°43′33″W / 44.92611°N 78.72583°W).
The township also includes the smaller communities of Blairhampton, Brady Lake, Buller, Carnarvon, Deep Bay, Dutch Line, Gelert, Hindon Hill (abandoned community), Howland, Ingoldsby, Irondale, Kilcoo Harbour, Lochlin, Lutterworth, Miners Bay, and Moore Falls.
Minden, named after a town in the North Rhine–Westphalia federal state in Germany, was first surveyed in 1858. Before that, the settlement was called Gull River. Settlers were first drawn to the region (via the Bobcaygeon Road, an original colonization road), because of its timber resources. The town lies on the banks of the Gull River and during the 19th and 20th centuries, loggers used the river to move timber to sawmills downstream.
Since the 1940s the town has become an increasingly popular summer destination given its close proximity to larger cities in southern Ontario. The population grows dramatically during the summer months as a result of tourism. The Minden Times and The Highlander are the local newspapers, and the local post office on Water St. serves residents with lock boxes and three rural routes.
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