28-809: Elzevir may refer to: Places [ edit ] Elzevir, Ontario , a township in Hastings County Elzévir is a street that runs through the 3rd arrondissement of Paris . (See: 1 , 2 ) Elzevir Lake , lake in the Moira River and Lake Ontario drainage basins in Tweed, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada Elzevir Creek , creek in the Moira River and Lake Ontario drainage basins in Tweed, Hastings County in Central Ontario, Canada People [ edit ] A pen name of Walter Murdoch The House of Elzevir ,
56-409: A celebrated family of Dutch booksellers, publishers, and printers of the 17th and early 18th centuries: Abraham Elzevir (two by this name, father and son, 1592–1652), Dutch printer Bonaventure Elzevir Daniel Elzevir (published Richard Simon's work) Isaac Elzevir (1596–1651), Dutch publisher and printer who began printing with one of the earliest printing press in the city of Leyden in
84-782: A collection of distinct communities. A single-tier municipality should not be confused with a separated municipality ; such municipalities are considered as part of their surrounding county for census purposes, but are not administratively connected to the county. With the exception of Greater Sudbury , single-tier municipalities that are not considered to be part of a county, regional municipality, or district are found only in Southern Ontario . Current single-tier municipalities in Ontario that are also census divisions: Regional municipalities (or regions ) are upper-tier municipalities that generally have more servicing responsibilities than
112-444: A governmental function. In a district, all services are provided either by the municipalities themselves, by local services boards in some communities within the unorganized areas, or directly by the provincial government. Much of Northern Ontario is sparsely populated, so a county government structure would not be an efficient or cost-effective method of administration. The former Regional Municipality of Sudbury , created in 1973,
140-563: Is a regional municipality and the others are single-tier municipalities. Several administrative divisions in Ontario have significantly changed their borders or have been discontinued entirely. See: Historic counties of Ontario . A single-tier municipality is governed by one municipal administration, with neither a county nor regional government above it, nor further municipal subdivisions below it (cf. independent city ). Single-tier municipalities are either former regional municipalities or counties whose municipal governments were amalgamated in
168-482: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Elzevir, Ontario Tweed is a municipality located in central-eastern Ontario , Canada, in Hastings County . The Municipality of Tweed is an amalgamated municipality comprising the former Village of Tweed and the former Hungerford Township and former Elzevir & Grimsthorpe Townships. The Municipality
196-420: Is generally lower (although not as low as in a district.) Counties may include major cities, such as London , Kingston and Windsor , geographically located within them, but these communities are usually separated municipalities that are only considered part of the county for census purposes, but are not administratively connected to the county. Municipalities are separated when regional or single-tier status
224-1000: Is not appropriate for the municipality's population patterns, but their population is still large enough that it may adversely affect the county's ability to provide services to its smaller communities. Also, these cities have not evolved into large urban agglomerations with other communities, as in regions and single-tier cities, but may have small suburbs such as Point Edward . Current counties in Ontario: Districts are regional areas in Northern Ontario that do not serve any municipal government purpose. Although districts do still contain incorporated cities, towns and townships, they do not have an upper-tier county or regional municipality level of government, and are largely composed of unorganized areas . Some districts may have District Social Service Administration Boards, which are designed to provide certain social services, but they do not serve
252-630: The Bay of Quinte Railway ) had a spur from Tamworth, Ontario to Tweed; the Tweed-Yarker and Tweed-Bannockburn segments were abandoned by 1941 and the former Napanee - Smiths Falls mainline abandoned in the late 1970s. From the 1880s, the Canadian Pacific Railway 's Havelock Subdivision passed through Tweed to Glen Tay and Smith Falls . The line was abandoned from Glen Tay to Tweed in 1973 then Tweed to Havelock in 1987. A more westerly portion of
280-443: The 1990s into a single administration. Some single-tier municipalities of this type (e.g., Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, Greater Sudbury) were created where a former regional municipality consisted of a single dominant urban centre and its suburbs or satellite towns or villages , while others (e.g., Brant County, Chatham-Kent, Haldimand-Norfolk, Kawartha Lakes, and Prince Edward County) were created from predominantly rural divisions with
308-431: The 49 census divisions Statistics Canada has for Ontario. The Province has four types of first-level division: single-tier municipalities, regional municipalities , counties , and districts . The first three are types of municipal government but districts are not —they are defined geographic areas (some quite large) used in many contexts. The last three have within them multiple smaller, lower-tier municipalities but
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#1732844115629336-602: The Haid family in 2018, it is managed as Haid's Hideaway Family Campground. Immediately east of the Village of Tweed is Stoco Lake , home to a popular and uncommon sport-fish , the muskellunge or Muskie ( Esox masquinongy ). Stoco Lake is a part of the Moira River system; the Black River joins the Moira River near the Village of Tweed. The Napanee, Tamworth and Quebec Railway (later
364-467: The Municipality of Tweed. As of 2004, the total land area was approximately 230,000 acres (930 km ), 30% of which was Crown land . Lakes, rivers and streams account for approximately 4,650 acres (18.8 km ). There are approximately 600 kilometres (370 mi) of roads throughout the Municipality. The total 2004 property assessment for the Municipality of Tweed was $ 309,000,000. Its composition
392-477: The counties. They generally provide the following services: maintenance and construction of arterial roads in both rural and urban areas, transit, policing , sewer and water systems, waste disposal , region-wide land use planning and development, as well as health and social services . Regions are typically more urbanized than counties. Regional municipalities are typically an administrative division where an interconnected cluster of urban centres or suburbs forms
420-415: The information to headquarters. When one or more towermen from other towers in the area would also call in their bearings, the forest rangers at headquarters could get a 'triangulation' read and plot the exact location of the fire on their map. This way a team of forest firefighters could be dispatched as soon as possible to get the fire under control. In 1958 the 100-foot (30 m)-tall Hungerford firetower
448-959: The line still runs through Peterborough. Besides the village proper of Tweed , the Municipality of Tweed comprises a number of villages and hamlets, including the following communities such as Actinolite , Bogart , Buller, Chapman, Cosy Cove , Coulters Hill, Duff Corners, East Hungerford ( 44°30′07″N 77°09′04″W / 44.502°N 77.151°W / 44.502; -77.151 ), Elzevir, Farrell Corners ( 44°27′07″N 77°08′02″W / 44.452°N 77.134°W / 44.452; -77.134 ), Hungerford , Larkins, Lime Lake, Lodgeroom Corners, Lost Channel ( 44°25′08″N 77°18′58″W / 44.419°N 77.316°W / 44.419; -77.316 ), Marlbank , Moneymore, Otter Creek , Queensborough , Stoco, Sulphide , and Thomasburg ( 44°23′20″N 77°20′45″W / 44.388961°N 77.345896°W / 44.388961; -77.345896 ) Approximately 30% of
476-547: The lower-tier municipalities ( cities , towns , villages , townships ) within the counties typically provide the majority of municipal services to their residents. The responsibilities of county governments are generally limited to the following: maintenance and construction of rural arterial roads, health and social services, and county land use planning. Counties are only found in Southern Ontario and are also mostly census divisions . Counties may be as large as regional municipalities in population, but their population density
504-846: The majority of the division's area and population, but no single centre is overwhelmingly dominant over the others. Regional municipalities are found only in Southern Ontario . Although Oxford County and the District Municipality of Muskoka are not called regions, they are defined as regional municipalities under Part 1, Section 1 of the Ontario Municipal Act, 2001 . Between 1998 and 2001, four regional municipalities that formed their own central city-dominated metropolitan areas were amalgamated and are now single-tier municipalities. Current regional municipalities in Ontario: Counties have fewer responsibilities than regions, as
532-406: The population resides in the Village of Tweed, the only urban center. The remainder of the Municipality of Tweed consists of a large rural area which reaches from Wadsworth Lake in the north to Roslin in the south. The Municipality of Tweeds has five hamlets : ( Actinolite , Marlbank , Queensborough , Stoco, and Thomasburg). The residents of the hamlets and the rural area comprise the other 70% of
560-509: The population. In 2004, there were approximately 2870 households. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Tweed had a population of 6,067 living in 2,591 of its 3,042 total private dwellings, a change of 0.4% from its 2016 population of 6,044 . With a land area of 918.61 km (354.68 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.6/km (17.1/sq mi) in 2021. Populations prior to amalgamation (1998): Mother tongue: The Tweed Forest Fire District
588-411: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Elzevir . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elzevir&oldid=1193521508 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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#1732844115629616-480: The single-tier municipalities do not. Regional municipalities and counties differ primarily in the services that they provide to their residents. (Lower-tier municipalities are generally treated as census subdivisions by Statistics Canada.) In some cases, an administrative division may retain its historical name even if it changes government type. For instance, Oxford County , Haldimand County , Norfolk County and Prince Edward County are no longer counties: Oxford
644-592: The year 1617 Lodewijk Elzevir (c. 1540–1617), originally Lodewijk or Louis Elsevier or Elzevier , was a Dutch printer Louis Elzevir (3 by this name, first was Lodewijk, then his son and grandson) Characters [ edit ] Elzevir the Dollmaker from the video game Blood Omen: The Legacy of Kain Other [ edit ] DTL Elzevir, a typeface by Christoffel van Dijck See also [ edit ] Elsevier (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
672-466: Was 84% residential, 7% farm, 6% commercial and industrial, and 3% other categories. A primary attraction in the Municipality of Tweed is a vacation destination located at 115 Varty Road, with cottages and campsites along the Skootamatta River , a part of the Moira River system. From 2000, it was managed as Tipper's Family Campground, run by the family of Canadian violist, Jayden Tipper. Purchased by
700-497: Was erected beside the station. However, in the 1970s all the towers had been decommissioned as aerial firefighting techniques were employed. The Hungerford tower was disassembled in 1996 and placed behind the Tweed Heritage Centre. List of Ontario census divisions The Province of Ontario has 51 first-level administrative divisions, which collectively cover the whole province. With two exceptions, their areas match
728-495: Was founded by the former Ontario Department of Lands and Forests (now the MNR) in 1922 as one of 17 districts to help protect Ontario's forests from fire by early detection from fire towers . The headquarters for the district were housed at Hungerford Road in town. It was the central headquarters for 21 fire lookout towers . When a fire was spotted in the forest a towerman would get the degree bearings from his respective tower and radio back
756-449: Was incorporated on 1 January 1998 as a lower-tier municipality within the County of Hastings two-tier governing system . The post office was established in 1852. Elzevir Township (formed circa 1869, location of a major gold strike ) and Grimsthorpe Township (formed 22 February 1867 during the local gold rush) had been administered as one entity since before 1968 until amalgamation into
784-470: Was the only division in Northern Ontario ever incorporated with a structure like those of counties, regional municipalities, and single-tier municipalities in the southern part of the province. That division was dissolved in 2000, and now constitutes the single-tier municipality of Greater Sudbury . The term "district" can also refer to second-level districts of the current City of Toronto that make up
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