Townsend

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A Planned Community in the 1970s as a part of Ontario's growth plan. The eventual city size was to be over 100,000 residents but industry did not move to the townsite during a large recession.

In February of 1990, this was the closest community to the infamous "Hagersville Tire Fire", which burned for 17 days at the Straza tire dump on the Norfolk-Haldimand boundary.
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Coordinates:   42°53'25"N   80°8'31"W
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