Tecumseh, Ontario

3 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 5 mseh, Ontario F or more than a century, the Town of Tecumseh, Ontario has flourished as a source of pride and satisfaction. “There’s an entrepreneurial spirit in this region where folks are not afraid to put their best foot forward and establish businesses within our communities,” says Town of Tecumseh Mayor Gary McNamara. “That boils down to the key foundational piece that we have here: it’s the people and how they interact with each other. There’s a real good sense of pride in our region.” First founded in the mid 1800s as a railway depot and stopover for travellers on their way to Windsor or Detroit, Tecumseh initially was part of the Municipality of Sandwich East. But the town’s spirit was firmly established in 1921 when a group of people, angered by the municipality’s unfair dispersal of tax dollars, petitioned the legislature to separate the Town of Tecumseh as its own entity, dedicated to providing its 1,000 residents with the best services and opportunities. Fast forward – the town amalgamated with the former Village of St. Clair Beach and the former Township of Sandwich South in 1999, and today there are just under 25,000 people P R I D E O F P L AC E