Everything about Tecumseh Ontario totally explained
Tecumseh (
2001 population 25,105) is a
town on
Lake St. Clair east of
Windsor,
Ontario,
Canada.
Originally known as
Ryegate Postal Station when it was first settled in
1792, Tecumseh was renamed in
1912 after the
Shawnee tribe leader of the same name. It was officially incorporated as a town in
1921. Tecumseh had a large French population and when nearby Windsor started to grow into the area, considerable angst between the English and French developed.
In
1999, as part of a reorganization of
Essex County, Tecumseh was merged with the Village of
St. Clair Beach, and the
Township of Sandwich South into the Town of Tecumseh. In 2003, the
City of Windsor annexed approximately 23 km² from the Town of Tecumseh. Now considered to be a
bedroom community of Windsor, Tecumseh is often cited as an example of
urban sprawl; new subdivisions have developed on some of Canada's most valuable agricultural land beginning in the late 1980s.
Food processing is a major industry in Tecumseh, as
Carriere owns a
food processing plant near the heart of the town. The plant originally was Green Giant and Pilsbury/Green Giant sold in the late 1990s to Family Traditions. Family Tradition recently sold the food processing plant to Carriere.
Tecumseh is home to former Canadian
Olympic bobsledder Chris Lori, Olympic bronze medal-winning
decathlete Dave Steen, Paralympic champion swimmer Danielle Campo, author Jarett Brown and former NHL players
Mark Renaud,
Tim Kerr,
Bob Boughner,
Warren Rychel and
Ernie Godden. The late
Mickey Renaud 1988-
2008 captain of the
Windsor Spitfires.
Every August, Tecumseh hosts the
Tecumseh Corn Fest, a four-day festival celebrating corn and the town's agriculture. The festival's mascot is named "Nibby". The Corn Fest draws people from all over the county, and even some from
Chatham-Kent and
Detroit, Michigan. The town also has concerts at the festival, and has hosted such large names as
Shania Twain,
Foreigner and
Eddie Money in the past.
Tecumseh is the home of the
Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League's
Tecumseh Chiefs.
Notable local person
The
French-language storyteller
Joseph Groulx was from Tecumseh.
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