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

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Geography

Bluewater's western boundary is

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. Its northern boundary is the Bayfield River between

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

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urban boundary (in South Huron) form the southern boundary.

Communities

Bluewater includes the following communities: * Hay Township: Blake (shared with Stanley Township), Dashwood, '' Hensall'', Kippen (shared with Huron East)(and formerly shared between Hay, Stanley and Tuckersmith Townships), St. Joseph, ''

'', ''Hay'', ''Hills Green'', ''Johnson's Mills'', ''Rodgerville'', ''Sarepta'' * Stanley Township: '' Bayfield'', Brucefield (shared with Huron East), Kippen (shared with Huron East)(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 radio sermons about the Bible, was a Canadian politician and the seventh premier of Alberta from 1935 to his death in 1943. He was the founder and first le ...

– Premier of Alberta *

Ryan O'Reilly Ryan O'Reilly (born February 7, 1991) is a Canadian professional ice hockey Centre (ice hockey), centre and Captain (ice hockey)#Alternate captains, alternate captain for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has prev ...

– Professional hockey player and

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champion * Babe Siebert – Professional hockey player

References

External links

* * {{Huron County, Ontario Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario Municipalities in Huron County, Ontario Populated places on Lake Huron in Canada