Glen Meyer, Ontario

Glen Meyer
Coordinates: 42°43′53″N 80°40′23″W / 42.73139°N 80.67306°W / 42.73139; -80.67306Coordinates: 42°43′53″N 80°40′23″W / 42.73139°N 80.67306°W / 42.73139; -80.67306
Country  Canada
Province Ontario Ontario
County Norfolk
Amalgamated 2001 (Single-tier municipality)
Government
 • Mayor Charlie Luke
 • Governing Body The Council of The Corporation of Norfolk County
 • MPs Diane Finley (Con)
 • MPPs Toby Barrett (PC)

Glen Meyer is an unincorporated community in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada, southeast of Tillsonburg.

Summary

In 1974, radio station CKOT (now CJDL-FM) received permission to move its transmitter to Glen Meyer.

During World War II, a labour camp was approved for Glen Meyer, to house enemy merchant seamen held as prisoners of war who would work under guard at local farms.[1]

The term "Glen Meyer" refers to an Iroquoian aboriginal culture related to the Neutral Nation people.[2] Glen Meyer's earliest known inhabitants, from around the year 1000 until approximately 300–350 years later, were the Algonquin nation. They were noted flint-workers and evidence of the skill in crafting arrowheads is still to be found in open worked field areas surrounding the village. The next wave of inhabitants were the Attawandaron nation, the Neutrals, who occupied the region from about 1350 until their absorption by the Iroquois 300 years later. The last significant native nation to occupy the area was the Mississaugas.

Climate

Glen Meyer traditionally belongs to the humid continental climate zone; even with the recent epidemic of mild winters and extremely warm and dry summers. Like in all communities, towns, and cities throughout the world, global warming due to human industrial activity has drastically altered the climate of Glen Meyer throughout the decades.

References

  1. ↑ "Approve P.O.W. labour for Ontario farms". Toronto Daily Star. April 4, 1945. p. 2. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
  2. ↑ Gillespie, Ian (March 1, 2010). "City's oldest 'cold case' gruesome mystery". The London Free Press. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
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