Bluewater is a municipality located in

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, which is part of

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. As of 2016, the municipality has a population of 7,136.

History

Bluewater was formed on January 1, 2001 when the

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amalgamated the townships of Hay and Stanley with the villages of Bayfield, Hensall and Zurich.

Geography

Bluewater's western boundary is

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. Its northern boundary is the

Bayfield River The Bayfield River is a river in Huron and Perth Counties in southwestern Ontario, Canada, that empties into Lake Huron at the community of Bayfield in the municipality of Bluewater. The river and community are named after Henry Wolsey Bayf ...

between

and Clinton. Highway 4 is the eastern boundary, while Huron Road 83 and the

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urban boundary (in

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) form the southern boundary.

Communities

Bluewater includes the following communities: * Hay Township: Blake (shared with Stanley Township), Dashwood, '' Hensall'', Kippen (shared with

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)(and formerly shared between Hay, Stanley and Tuckersmith Townships),

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, '' Zurich'', ''Hay'', ''Hills Green'', ''Johnson's Mills'', ''Rodgerville'', ''Sarepta'' * Stanley Township: '' Bayfield'', Brucefield (shared with

), Kippen (shared with

)(and formerly shared between Hay, Stanley and Tuckersmith Townships), Varna; ''Bannockburn'', ''Dinsley Terrace'', ''Drysdale'', ''Goshen''

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Bluewater had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Notable persons

William Aberhart William Aberhart (December 30, 1878 – May 23, 1943), also known as "Bible Bill" for his outspoken Baptist views, was a Canadian politician and the seventh premier of Alberta from 1935 to his death in 1943. He was the founder and first leader o ...

- Premier of Alberta *

Ryan O'Reilly Ryan O'Reilly (born February 7, 1991) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and captain of the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played for the Colorado Avalanche and Buffalo Sabres. O'Reilly was dra ...

– Professional hockey player and

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champion *

Babe Siebert Charles Albert "Babe" Siebert (January 14, 1904 – August 25, 1939) was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger and defenceman who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Maroons, New York Rangers, Boston ...

- Professional hockey player

References

External links

* {{Huron County, Ontario Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario Municipalities in Huron County, Ontario