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Douro Dummer

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Country
  
Canada

Formed
  
January 1, 1998

Postal Code
  
K0L 3A0

Population
  
6,805 (2011)

Area code
  
705

County
  
Peterborough

Time zone
  
EST (UTC-5)

Website
  
www.dourodummer.on.ca

Province
  
Ontario

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Douro-Dummer is a township in central-eastern Ontario, Canada, in Peterborough County along the Trent-Severn Waterway. It was formed on January 1, 1998, through the amalgamation of Douro and Dummer Townships.

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Map of Douro-Dummer, ON, Canada

The township is the site of drumlins known as the Drumlins of Douro, and home of the Warsaw Caves near the community of Warsaw.

Douro's general store has been run by the same family since the late 19th century.

Communities

The township comprises the communities of Centre Dummer, Clarina, Cottesloe, Crowes Landing, Donwood, Douro, Five Corners, Galesburg, Gilchrist Bay, Guerin, Hall's Glen, Juniper Island, McCrackens Landing, South Beach, Young's Point, South Dummer and Warsaw.

Demographics

Mother tongue:

  • English as first language: 93.6%
  • French as first language: 0.8%
  • English and French as first language: 0.1%
  • Other as first language: 5.5%

    • Population trend:

  • Population in 2011: 6805
  • Population in 2006: 6954
  • Population in 2001: 6652
  • Population in 1996:
  • Douro (township): 3671
  • Dummer (township): 3053
  • Population in 1991:
  • Douro (township): 3523
  • Dummer (township): 2746

    • Notable people

  • "Rompin'"Ronnie Hawkins,Musician, Rockabilly Legend (resident)
  • Leahy, Canadian folk rock band (family homestead)
  • Susanna Moodie, Pioneer, Canadian writer and newspaper editor (former resident)
  • Catharine Parr Traill, Pioneer, Canadian writer, naturalist (sister of Susanna Moodie)

    • References

    Douro-Dummer Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA