Lucknow, Ontario
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Lucknow |
| settlement_type | Community |
| image_skyline | Campbell Street Lucknow Ontario 1.jpg |
| image_alt | Main street of Lucknow |
| image_caption | Campbell Street (Bruce Road 86), the main thoroughfare of the town |
| named_for | Lucknow, India |
| pushpin_map | Canada Southern Ontario |
| pushpin_map_alt | Lucknow's location within southern Ontario |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in southern Ontario |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Canada |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | Ontario |
| subdivision_type2 | County |
| subdivision_name2 | Bruce County |
| subdivision_type3 | Township |
| subdivision_name3 | Huron-Kinloss |
| unit_pref | Metric |
| area_urban_footnotes | |
| area_rural_footnotes | |
| area_metro_footnotes | |
| area_magnitude | |
| area_land_km2 | 1.65 |
| population_as_of | 2016 |
| population_total | 1,121 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| timezone1 | EST |
| utc_offset1 | -5 |
| timezone1_DST | EDT |
| utc_offset1_DST | -4 |
| area_codes | 519, 226, 548 |
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| name = Lucknow | settlement_type = Community | image_skyline = Campbell Street Lucknow Ontario 1.jpg | image_alt = Main street of Lucknow | image_caption = Campbell Street (Bruce Road 86), the main thoroughfare of the town | etymology = | nickname = | motto = | named_for = Lucknow, India | pushpin_map = Canada Southern Ontario | pushpin_map_alt = Lucknow's location within southern Ontario | pushpin_map_caption = Location in southern Ontario | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Canada | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Ontario | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Bruce County | subdivision_type3 = Township | subdivision_name3 = Huron-Kinloss | unit_pref = Metric tags -- | area_footnotes = | area_urban_footnotes = | area_rural_footnotes = | area_metro_footnotes = | area_magnitude = | area_note = | area_water_percent = | area_rank = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank2_title = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = 1.65 | area_water_km2 = | area_urban_km2 = | area_rural_km2 = | area_metro_km2 = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank2_km2 = | area_total_ha = | area_land_ha = | area_water_ha = | area_urban_ha = | area_rural_ha = | area_metro_ha = | area_blank1_ha = | area_blank2_ha = | length_km = | width_km = | dimensions_footnotes = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_as_of = 2016 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 1,121 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | population_demonym = | timezone1 = EST | utc_offset1 = -5 | timezone1_DST = EDT | utc_offset1_DST = -4 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_codes = 519, 226, 548 | iso_code = | website = | footnotes = Lucknow is a community located in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada. It is incorporated in the Township of Huron-Kinloss.
History
Lucknow boasts a strong Scottish heritage that reaches back to the late 1800s where the Lucknow Caledonian Games boomed for about 20 years. Lucknow's welcome sign honours Donald Dinnie a folk hero of Lucknow. This champion wrestler and heavyweight athlete of the world competed in the Games in Lucknow in 1882. Although he had no ties with the community he remains part of the lore.
The village was named after Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India where the Indian Rebellion of 1857 took place between Indian freedom fighters and the East India Company army. Lucknow takes the name of "Sepoy" which refers to the Indian foot soldiers who fought on the British side in the Relief of Lucknow. There are two theories about the origin of the name of Campbell Street-one is that the main street was named after Sir Colin Campbell, leader of the relief forces. The other is that the street is named after Malcolm Campbell, the community's first merchant. Several Lucknow streets bear the names of some of the British generals involved in the Relief of Lucknow: Campbell, Ross, Outram, Havelock, Willoughby, Rose and Canning.
Eli Stauffer first settled the unnamed land that was to become Lucknow in 1856 where he constructed a dam and built a sawmill. In 1858, Ralph Miller purchased a parcel of Stauffer's land and built "Balaclava House", a log tavern. James Somerville purchased the Stauffer mill and land rights in 1858 and had village lots surveyed, earning Somerville the title of the "Father of Lucknow". With the "Gravel Road" open into Kinloss in 1866, the village continued to grow and had a population of 430 in 1868.
Events
Lucknow hosts an annual Strawberry Summerfest on the fourth weekend of June. The event includes a youth soccer tournament, male and female slow-pitch tournament, beer tent, vendors market, street entertainment on Saturday and two dances. Past performers at the dances include The Trews, Trooper, Thornley and Kim Mitchell.
Music In The Fields is an annual three-day country music festival hosted by the Lucknow Kinsmen and local volunteers. The event is 100% charitable, and has raised money for projects such as a new ice resurfacer for the local arena, and new tennis courts. It has also raised over $100,000 for cystic fibrosis (the Kinsmen's national charity) as well as over 1 million dollars for charity. The event runs the last weekend in August and takes place at the Lucknow Kinsmen Graceland Property. Music In The Fields (MITF) draws a crowd of approximately 8,000 guests and has hosted such acts as Blake Shelton, Dierks Bentley, the Band Perry, Big & Rich, Travis Tritt, Paul Brandt, Emerson Drive, Lonestar, Johnny Reid, George Canyon, Tim Hicks, Road Hammers & Jo Dee Messina.
Media
The local newspaper is the Lucknow Sentinel.
Climate
|location = Lucknow (1981–2010) |metric first = yes |single line = yes |Jan record high C = 17.8 |Feb record high C = 14.4 |Mar record high C = 25.6 |Apr record high C = 30.0 |May record high C = 33.3 |Jun record high C = 36.7 |Jul record high C = 38.3 |Aug record high C = 37.2 |Sep record high C = 36.1 |Oct record high C = 32.2 |Nov record high C = 23.3 |Dec record high C = 18.3 |year record high C = 38.3 |Jan high C = -2.6 |Feb high C = -1.5 |Mar high C = 3.2 |Apr high C = 11.7 |May high C = 18.8 |Jun high C = 22.9 |Jul high C = 25.8 |Aug high C = 24.3 |Sep high C = 19.9 |Oct high C = 13.0 |Nov high C = 6.1 |Dec high C = 0.1 |year high C = 11.8 |Jan mean C = −6.4 |Feb mean C = −5.7 |Mar mean C = -1.6 |Apr mean C = 6.4 |May mean C = 12.5 |Jun mean C = 16.7 |Jul mean C = 19.6 |Aug mean C = 18.7 |Sep mean C = 14.6 |Oct mean C = 8.3 |Nov mean C = 2.6 |Dec mean C = −3.2 |year mean C = 6.9 |Jan low C = -10.1 |Feb low C = -9.8 |Mar low C = -6.4 |Apr low C = 1.0 |May low C = 6.1 |Jun low C = 10.4 |Jul low C = 13.4 |Aug low C = 13.0 |Sep low C = 9.2 |Oct low C = 3.6 |Nov low C = -0.9 |Dec low C = -6.4 |year low C = 1.9 |Jan record low C = -35.0 |Feb record low C = -36.7 |Mar record low C = -31.7 |Apr record low C = -24.4 |May record low C = -7.8 |Jun record low C = -3.3 |Jul record low C = 0.0 |Aug record low C = 0.0 |Sep record low C = -5.0 |Oct record low C = -12.2 |Nov record low C = -22.8 |Dec record low C = -30.6 |year record low C = -36.7 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 109.6 |Feb precipitation mm = 81.5 |Mar precipitation mm = 70.5 |Apr precipitation mm = 81.7 |May precipitation mm = 86.5 |Jun precipitation mm = 87.5 |Jul precipitation mm = 66.0 |Aug precipitation mm = 109.1 |Sep precipitation mm = 132.1 |Oct precipitation mm = 106.3 |Nov precipitation mm = 112.4 |Dec precipitation mm = 117.9 |year precipitation mm = 1161.0 |rain colour = green |Jan rain mm = 13.9 |Feb rain mm = 14.6 |Mar rain mm = 37.5 |Apr rain mm = 71.1 |May rain mm = 86.3 |Jun rain mm = 87.5 |Jul rain mm = 66.0 |Aug rain mm = 109.1 |Sep rain mm = 132.1 |Oct rain mm = 102.9 |Nov rain mm = 89.3 |Dec rain mm = 28.2 |year rain mm = 838.5 |snow colour = green |Jan snow cm = 95.7 |Feb snow cm = 66.9 |Mar snow cm = 32.9 |Apr snow cm = 10.6 |May snow cm = 0.2 |Jun snow cm = 0.0 |Jul snow cm = 0.0 |Aug snow cm = 0.0 |Sep snow cm = 0.0 |Oct snow cm = 3.4 |Nov snow cm = 23.1 |Dec snow cm = 89.7 |year snow cm = 322.5 |unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm |Jan precipitation days = 16.4 |Feb precipitation days = 13.2 |Mar precipitation days = 10.6 |Apr precipitation days = 11.3 |May precipitation days = 9.8 |Jun precipitation days = 10.2 |Jul precipitation days = 8.3 |Aug precipitation days = 10.0 |Sep precipitation days = 12.6 |Oct precipitation days = 14.0 |Nov precipitation days = 14.6 |Dec precipitation days = 15.6 |year precipitation days = 146.6 |unit rain days = 0.2 mm |Jan rain days = 1.7 |Feb rain days = 2.4 |Mar rain days = 5.1 |Apr rain days = 9.2 |May rain days = 9.8 |Jun rain days = 10.2 |Jul rain days = 8.3 |Aug rain days = 10.0 |Sep rain days = 12.6 |Oct rain days = 13.6 |Nov rain days = 10.3 |Dec rain days = 3.3 |year rain days = 96.4 |unit snow days = 0.2 cm |Jan snow days = 14.9 |Feb snow days = 11.3 |Mar snow days = 5.9 |Apr snow days = 2.7 |May snow days = 0.15 |Jun snow days = 0.0 |Jul snow days = 0.0 |Aug snow days = 0.0 |Sep snow days = 0.0 |Oct snow days = 0.85 |Nov snow days = 4.9 |Dec snow days = 12.9 |year snow days = 53.5 |source 1 = Environment Canada{{cite web | publisher = Environment Canada | url = ftp://ftp.tor.ec.gc.ca/Pub/Normals/English/ONT/ONT_GORE-OTTA_ENG.csv | title = Lucknow, Ontario | work = Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200718042915/ftp://ftp.tor.ec.gc.ca/Pub/Normals/English/ONT/ONT_GORE-OTTA_ENG.csv | archive-date = 2020-07-18 | url-status = dead | accessdate = 25 July 2019}} |date=August 2010
Transportation
Lucknow once was served by a railway station along the long defunct Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway line. Today Bruce County Roads 1 and 86 are the main transportation links for Lucknow.
Notable people
Athletes
- George Chin (1929–2023), ice hockey player who won two consecutive NCAA championships with the Michigan Wolverines
- Dave Farrish (1956–), professional ice hockey player with the New York Rangers, Quebec Nordiques and Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League
- Paul Henderson (1943–), professional ice hockey player with the Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs and Atlanta Flames of the National Hockey League
- Murray Murdoch (1904–2001), professional ice hockey player with the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League
- Bobby Raymond (1985–), professional ice hockey player with the Binghamton Senators and Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League
- Julie-Anne Staehli (1993–), participated in the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 5000 metres event
Religion
- James Watton (1915–1995), metropolitan of Ontario 1974–1979
Politicians
- John Melvin Bryan Sr. (1886–1940), member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1924–1928 and 1937–1940
- Kenneth W. MacKenzie (1862–1929), mayor of Edmonton 1899–1901 and 1904–1905
- George William McDonald (1875–1950), member of the House of Commons of Canada 1935–1940
- Alexander Malcolm Nicholson (1900–1991), organizer for the Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation in 1935
- James Somerville (1826–1898), member of the House of Commons of Canada 1882–1887
References
References
- Scott, David E.. (2010). "Ontario Place Names. Attractions, Legends, Characters, Trivia (Sixth Edition EXPANDED)". DESPUB.
- "Dave Farrish - Assistant Coach - Colorado Avalanche".
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