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Township was conceded by treaty in 1790, and the Gore was conceded by treaty in 1796. Surveyed in 1794. Also referred to earlier as Chatham Township and Gore. The township was originally parcelled as a grid with Concessions 1 to 19 running north-westward and
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English port at the mouth of the Thames. A resident of Harwich, Valintine Zimmer, co-founded with friends of the same nationality the German Concession of Harwich. Community centres:
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Ojibbewa Indians–.... 19th May, 1790... Kent County, except Zone Township and Gores of Chatham and Camden.... 19th Mar., 1819. Provisional surrender. ... Gore of Camden, Kent County."
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