Kincardine

The Town of Kincardine is located on the shores of Lake Huron in the in the Municipality of Kincardine, County of Bruce in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has a population of 7,000. The town is located at the mouth of the Penetangore River, and was founded in 1848 by the name of Penetangore. On March 5, 1848, Captain Alexander M. MacGregor sailed his little schooner "THE FLY" into the mouth of the Penetangore River. In Ojibwa, Penetangore means "river with sand on one side".This is referring to the sand bar at the mouth of the river. Settlers , Allan Cameron and William Withers landed will on this ship at the site of the modern-day town, in that part of Canada West known only as the Queen's Bush, and founded a community called...