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Lindsay, Ontario
Lindsay (2001 population 16,930) is a community on the Scugog River in the Kawartha Lakes region of southern Ontario, Canada. It is the seat of the City of Kawartha Lakes (formerly Victoria County).
Lindsay was founded in 1833 when a townsite was surveyed near a sprawling grist mill. The town was officially incorporated in 1857. It was originally called Purdy's Mill, after a man who died there.
In the late 1800s, local photographers Fowler & Oliver worked out of the Sunbeam Photo Gallery.
It was also the home to Sir Samuel Hughes , who was the Canadian Minister of Militia during World War I.
In 2001 Lindsay's town government was officially dissolved and merged, with Victoria County into the new City of Kawartha Lakes. There was a movement to reinstate local government, but it has since been quashed.
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