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With increased travel along the [[Tecumseh Road]] in the [[1830s]], small communities of predominantly French-speaking settlers began to form along the south shore of [[Lake Saint Clair (North America)|Lake St. Clair]]. Stoney Point flourished briefly in mid-[[19th century]] until depletion of local timber resources reduced the village's mainstay industry. |
With increased travel along the [[Tecumseh Road]] in the [[1830s]], small communities of predominantly French-speaking settlers began to form along the south shore of [[Lake Saint Clair (North America)|Lake St. Clair]]. Stoney Point flourished briefly in mid-[[19th century]] until depletion of local timber resources reduced the village's mainstay industry. |
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STONEY POINTE, is on Lake St. Clare, and many Michiganians make there way through the Ambassador Bridge or Detroit-Windsor Tunnel to |
STONEY POINTE, is on Lake St. Clare, and many Michiganians make there way through the Ambassador Bridge or Detroit-Windsor Tunnel to |
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summer cottages on the lake. You could say the Lighthouse Inn Restaurant is the town's utmost popular restaurant in the area. It is on the Thames River, so eater can enjoy a nice meal as the sunset sinks onto Lake St. Clair, which is an outlet of the Thames |
summer cottages on the lake. You could say the Lighthouse Inn Restaurant is the town's utmost popular restaurant in the area. It is on the Thames River, so eater can enjoy a nice meal as the sunset sinks onto Lake St. Clair, which is an outlet of the Thames. |
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Home of Sylvie Gagne, one of the finest french linguists at the University of Windsor, along with Josh Tellier who hails from Deerbrook. |
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Revision as of 15:34, 15 March 2007
- For other uses, see Stoney Point. For the town near Hamilton, Ontario, see Stoney Creek, Ontario.
Stoney Point (French: Pointe-aux-Roches) is a Hamlet with a population of about 600 located in Town of Lakeshore in Essex County, Ontario, Canada.
After a survey in 1824, a farming community developed in the area. With increased travel along the Tecumseh Road in the 1830s, small communities of predominantly French-speaking settlers began to form along the south shore of Lake St. Clair. Stoney Point flourished briefly in mid-19th century until depletion of local timber resources reduced the village's mainstay industry. STONEY POINTE, is on Lake St. Clare, and many Michiganians make there way through the Ambassador Bridge or Detroit-Windsor Tunnel to summer cottages on the lake. You could say the Lighthouse Inn Restaurant is the town's utmost popular restaurant in the area. It is on the Thames River, so eater can enjoy a nice meal as the sunset sinks onto Lake St. Clair, which is an outlet of the Thames.
Home of Sylvie Gagne, one of the finest french linguists at the University of Windsor, along with Josh Tellier who hails from Deerbrook.
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