March 2017 | Business View Magazine

168 169 T ecumseh, Ontario is a town of approximately 23,000, located in Essex County, in the southwestern part of the province, on Lake St. Clair. Originally known as Ryegate, the area was first settled by descendants of French immi- grants. The Town became an important railway depot and stopover for travelers with the creation of the Tecumseh Road in 1838 and the establishment of the Great Western Railway in the early 1850s. In 1912, Ryegate was renamed Tecumseh in honor of Tecumseh, a Shawnee warrior who was killed in the War of 1812. In 1999, as part of a reorganization of Essex County, the Town of Tecumseh was created by amalgamating the former Village of St. Clair Beach, Tecumseh, and the Tecumseh, Ontario The jewel of Essex County Tecumseh T O W N O F