Tyendinaga is a

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in the

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province of

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, located in

Hastings County Hastings County is a county and census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. Geographically, it is located on the border of Eastern Ontario and Central Ontario. Hastings County is the second-largest county in Ontario, after Renfrew C ...

. The community takes its name from a variant spelling of Mohawk leader

Joseph Brant Thayendanegea or Joseph Brant (March 1743 – November 24, 1807) was a Mohawk military and political leader, based in present-day New York and, later, Brantford, in what is today Ontario, who was closely associated with Great Britain du ...

's traditional Mohawk name, ''Thayendanegea.''

Communities

The township comprises the communities of: * Albert * Blessington * Chisholms Mills * Ebenezer * Halston * Kingsford * Lonsdale * Lonsdale Station * Melrose * Marysville * Milltown * Myrehall * Naphan * Read * Shannonville A radio transmitter for the

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is located in Read. Saint Charles Borromeo Cemetery is also located in Read.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Tyendinaga 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. Mother tongue (2021 census): * English as first language: 96.0% * French as first language: 0.9% * English and French as first language: 0.6% * Other as first language: 1.9%

Industry

Shipman’s Flour and Sawmill was constructed in 1851 and bought by William Fraser Chisholm in 1857, and known as

Chisholm's Mills Chisholm's Mills (previously Shipman's Mill) is a water-powered lumber mill on the Moira River in Tyendinaga, Ontario, Tyendinaga township, Ontario, Canada. It was constructed in 1851 and bought by William Fraser Chisholm in 1857, leading to the c ...

since.

References

External links

* {{Hastings County Township municipalities in Ontario Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario Municipalities in Hastings County

Communities

Demographics

Industry

See also

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