Morpeth, Ontario
| Morpeth | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
| Coordinates: 42°23′35″N 81°50′44″W / 42.39306°N 81.84556°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| Municipality | Chatham-Kent |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Forward sortation area | N0P 1X0 |
| Area code(s) | 519 and 226 |
| NTS Map | 040I05 |
| GNBC Code | FDWRD |
Morpeth is a community in Southern Ontario, Canada that is between Blenheim and St. Thomas on Highway 3 in the municipality of Chatham-Kent. It is located less than two hours away from Windsor.
The community is named after Lord Morpeth, who was once a guest of Col. Thomas Talbot. Morpeth was an area of notable commerce in the 1880s. However, when the railroad went through, it instead went through nearby Ridgetown, Ontario, which eventually grew faster than Morpeth.
Archibald Lampman, one of Canada's Confederation Poets, and "generally considered the finest of Canada's late 19th-century poets in English" (Canadian Encyclopedia) was born in Morpeth on November 17, 1861. The Dictionary of Canadian Biography says: "The Morpeth that Lampman knew was a small town set in the rolling farm country of what is now western Ontario, not far from the shores of Lake Erie. The little red church just east of the town, on the Talbot Road, was his father’s charge."
Forms of commerce present in the village include a zoo, a trailer park, and a marina/campground. To the south, nearby Rondeau Provincial Park provides recreational activities. Morpeth is also an attractive retirement community, with housing available specifically for this need.
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