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Paisley began with the settlement in 1851 of Simon Orchard and Samuel T. Rowe at the site of what would become the village of Paisley. |
Paisley began with the settlement in 1851 of Simon Orchard and Samuel T. Rowe at the site of what would become the village of Paisley. The village was named in 1856 after [[Paisley, Renfrewshire]] in Scotland. <ref>{{cite book|last1=Rayburn|first1=Alan|title=Place names of Ontario|date=1997|publisher=University of Toronto Press|location=Toronto|isbn=0-8020-7207-0|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Place_Names_of_Ontario.html?id=TwF6AAAAMAAJ|p=263|accessdate=21 October 2017}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 02:13, 22 October 2017
Paisley is now an unincorporated community and village in the Municipality of Arran-Elderslie, Bruce County in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.[1] Paisley is defined by its position at the confluence of the Saugeen River and the Teeswater River, and at the junction of Bruce Roads 1, 11, and 3.
History
Paisley began with the settlement in 1851 of Simon Orchard and Samuel T. Rowe at the site of what would become the village of Paisley. The village was named in 1856 after Paisley, Renfrewshire in Scotland. [2]
Notable persons
- Alexander James McPhail, the agricultural reformer, was born in Paisley in 1883.
- Marshall Kay, a paleontologist prominently involved with the study of continental drift, was born in Paisley in 1904.
Climate
| Climate data for Paisley | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 12.2 (54.0) |
14.0 (57.2) |
23.0 (73.4) |
28.5 (83.3) |
32.2 (90.0) |
33.9 (93.0) |
34.5 (94.1) |
35.0 (95.0) |
32.8 (91.0) |
27.2 (81.0) |
21.0 (69.8) |
18.5 (65.3) |
35.0 (95.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −3.2 (26.2) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
2.5 (36.5) |
10.2 (50.4) |
17.8 (64.0) |
22.1 (71.8) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.0 (75.2) |
19.5 (67.1) |
12.8 (55.0) |
5.9 (42.6) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
11.1 (52.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −7 (19) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
5.1 (41.2) |
11.5 (52.7) |
15.9 (60.6) |
18.9 (66.0) |
18.2 (64.8) |
14.1 (57.4) |
8.2 (46.8) |
2.5 (36.5) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
6.2 (43.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −10.7 (12.7) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
0.1 (32.2) |
5.2 (41.4) |
9.6 (49.3) |
12.7 (54.9) |
12.4 (54.3) |
8.8 (47.8) |
3.5 (38.3) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
1.3 (34.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −37.2 (−35.0) |
−40.0 (−40.0) |
−33.0 (−27.4) |
−18.9 (−2.0) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
2.2 (36.0) |
0 (32) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
−17.5 (0.5) |
−31 (−24) |
−40 (−40) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 144 (5.7) |
93 (3.7) |
88.4 (3.48) |
70.3 (2.77) |
75.5 (2.97) |
76.4 (3.01) |
73.9 (2.91) |
101.2 (3.98) |
111 (4.4) |
98.2 (3.87) |
110.7 (4.36) |
150 (5.9) |
1,192.7 (46.96) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 18.4 (0.72) |
23.4 (0.92) |
50.7 (2.00) |
60.1 (2.37) |
75.4 (2.97) |
76.4 (3.01) |
73.9 (2.91) |
101.2 (3.98) |
111 (4.4) |
97.2 (3.83) |
74.3 (2.93) |
40.6 (1.60) |
802.6 (31.60) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 125.7 (49.5) |
69.6 (27.4) |
37.7 (14.8) |
10.3 (4.1) |
0.1 (0.0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
1 (0.4) |
36.4 (14.3) |
109.4 (43.1) |
390.1 (153.6) |
| Source: Environment Canada[3] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Paisley". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
- ^ Rayburn, Alan (1997). Place names of Ontario. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 263. ISBN 0-8020-7207-0. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ Environment Canada—[1], accessed 7 May 2013
- Robertson, Norman (1906). "The History of the County of Bruce and of the minor municipalities therein, Province of Ontario, Canada". William Briggs (via ouroots.ca). Retrieved 2008-10-09.
External links
- Paisley and District Chamber of Commerce
- Municipality of Arran-Elderslie
- Bruce County Official Website
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