Chatham–Kent may be a unitary authority in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Principally rural, its centres of population area unit Blenheim, Chatham, Dresden, Ridgetown, Tilbury and Wallaceburg. Trendy Chatham–Kent was created in 1998 by the merger of Kent County and its municipalities.
The former town of Chatham began as a military service waterfront within the decade, because it straddles the Thames. The city was named once Chatham, Kent, England, that was additionally developed around a military service waterfront. In England, the name Chatham came from land root ceto and also the Anglo-Saxon ham so which means a forest settlement.
There area unit 2 Provincial Parks in Chatham–Kent, Rondeau Provincial Park and Phillis Wheatley Provincial Park, and purpose Pelee parkland is near . There also are various native conservation areas. Downtown Chatham is home to the annual “Retrofest” organized by the Historic Downtown Chatham BIA, in partnership with the Kent Historic motor vehicle Club. Many classic automobile enthusiasts travel Downtown Chatham to showcase their classic cars and vintage vehicles.
Downtown Chatham is additionally home to the Chatham Capitol Theatre, a community-based theatre that, once it opened in 1930, was the most important within the region. The present renovation of the theatre is run beneath the auspices of the Chatham Capitol Theatre Association, a not-for-profit corporation with registered charitable standing. The theatre has recently reopened in Sep 2010.
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