• Source: North Kawartha

North Kawartha is a township in northern Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada.
North Kawartha was formed in 1998 through an amalgamation of the Townships of Burleigh and Anstruther and the Township of Chandos. For a while after this merger, it was known as Burleigh-Anstruther-Chandos.




Communities



Within the township are smaller urbanized areas such as the village of Apsley, and the hamlets of Big Cedar, Burleigh Falls, Glen Alda, Mount Julian, Stoneyridge and Woodview. These communities are surrounded by freshwater lakes including Chandos, Jack, Anstruther, Eels, and many more.




Etymology


Anstruther was likely named for Sir Windham Carmichael-Anstruther, 8th Baronet.: 13 
Apsley was probably named for Apsley House, London residence of the Dukes of Wellington.: 14 
Burleigh was likely named for Burleigh Hall in Leicestershire.: 48 
Chandos was named in 1862 for Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos: 64 
Kawartha comes from an aboriginal word Ka-wa-tha, meaning "land of reflections". For more on this etymology, see Kawartha Lakes.: 176 




Government


The local government is the Corporation of the Township of North Kawartha. The current mayor is Carolyn Amyotte.




Schools


Apsley Central Public School, is the only school located in Apsley and provides education from kindergarten to grade 8. The school is under the jurisdiction of the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board. Secondary education requires travel outside to Peterborough.




Recreation


North Kawartha is home to the North Kawartha Knights, a junior hockey team playing in the Jr. C Central League of the Ontario Hockey Association. They started play in 2014. The home arena for the Knights is the North Kawartha Community Centre located in Apsley.
North Kawartha also has several golf courses, including Marvel Rapids golf course and Owenbrook golf course.




Demographics


In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, North Kawartha had a population of 2,877 living in 1,364 of its 3,693 total private dwellings, a change of 16.1% from its 2016 population of 2,479. With a land area of 746.35 km2 (288.17 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.9/km2 (10.0/sq mi) in 2021.




See also


List of townships in Ontario
Kawartha Lakes (Ontario), a chain of lakes
Kawartha Lakes, a city




References






External links



Official website

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Daftar kota di Kanada
• North Kawartha
• Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock (federal electoral district)
• Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park
• Kawartha Lakes
• Peterborough—Kawartha
• Peterborough—Kawartha (provincial electoral district)
• North Kawartha Knights
• Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board
• Trent Lakes
• 2018 Peterborough County municipal elections