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Tweed, Ontario (village) : ウィキペディア英語版 | Tweed, Ontario (village)
Tweed, Ontario is a community on Stoco Lake and the only urban centre in the Municipality of Tweed in Hastings County, central-eastern Ontario, Canada. Tweed has a population of 1,540 according to the 2001 Canada Census. The principal thoroughfare through Tweed is Highway 37. ==History== Tweed was first settled in the 1830s, originally named Hungerford Mills, after the surrounding township of Hungerford. The settlement was renamed Tweed after the River Tweed in Scotland. The economic development of the community was enabled by lumbering and mining developments during the mid 19th century. Tweed became a service centre for area farmers.〔http://www.heritagefdn.on.ca/userfiles/HTML/nts_1_5658_1.html Ontario Heritage Trust Founding of Tweed〕 It was incorporated as a Village in 1891. In 1967, Tweed was the site of the first all-women municipal council in Canada.〔 In 1998, Tweed was amalgamated with the Township of Hungerford and the Township of Elzevir & Grimsthorpe to form the Municipality of Tweed.
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