Rosedale, Ontario

Rosedale is an unincorporated village located in the city of Kawartha Lakes, partially in Fenelon Township and Somerville Township, Canada. It is home to Lock 35 of the Trent-Severn Waterway on Balsam Lake.

Rosedale was for a time named Rosa Dale, after the wife of settler John Cameron, who first settled the area now known as Fenelon Falls^[1]

Travellers pass through Rosedale regularly while travelling on Highway 35 north of Fenelon Falls, Ontario to Coboconk.

The village of Rosedale is located Twenty-nine kilometers north-west of Lindsay. The population of Rosedale is roughly 500.

Facts and figures

• Rosedale celebrated the First Annual "National Marina Day" on August 13, 2005, with events at the local Rosedale Marina. ^[2]
• In 2001, ^[3] Rosedale played host to part of an episode of the OLN Reality Series "Drifters: The Water Wars" as they passed through the Trent-Severn Waterway.^[4]

The Rosedale lock was completed first in 1873, allowing boats to traverse between Cameron and Balsam Lakes.

References

1. ↑ Suggitt, Gladys M. (1972), Roses and Thorns, A Goodly Heritage - The Early Days of Baddow and Area, John Deyell Co., p. 253 
2. ↑ Rosedale Marina
3. ↑ Stellick Marketing & Communications - Case Studies
4. ↑ Playback :: Canadian reality series by Canadians for Canadians

Coordinates: 44°34′30″N 78°47′30″W / 44.57500°N 78.79167°W / 44.57500; -78.79167

City of Kawartha Lakes
City seat: Lindsay
Towns	Lindsay
Villages and unincorporated communities	Ancona Point Argyle Avery Point Baddow Baker Trail Ballyduff Barclay Bellevue Bethany Bethel Bobcaygeon1 Bolsover Burnt River Burton Cambray Cameron Coboconk Dalrymple Dartmoor Daytonia Beach Dongola Downeyville Dunsford Emily Eldon Station Feir Mill Fenelon Falls Fowlers Corners Fleetwood Glenarm Greenhurst-Thurstonia Hartley Head Lake Janetville Kinmount1 Kirkfield Little Britain Long Beach Long Point Lorneville Manilla1 Manvers Mariposa Station Mariposa Norland Oakwood Omemee Pontypool Ragged Rapids Rokeby Rosedale Sadowa St. Mary's Sebright Sturgeon Point Uphill Valentia Verulam Park Victoria Road View Lake Woodville
Former townships	Bexley Carden Dalton Laxton, Digby and Longford Eldon Emily Fenelon Manvers Mariposa Ops Somerville Verulam
Major lakes	Trent River Shadow Lake Silver Lake Four Mile Lake Balsam Lake Cameron Lake Sturgeon Lake Lake Scugog Pigeon Lake Talbot River Canal Lake Mitchell Lake Talbot Lake Severn River Lake Dalrymple Cranberry Lake Head Lake Fishog Lake
Topics	List of roads Victoria County
1) This area lies on the border of an adjacent region, but is part of the Kawartha Lakes census.