Teeswater

Teeswater is a network within the municipality of South Bruce, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada. It is positioned 12 kilometers west of Mildmay, 16 kilometers north of Wingham on County Road 4, and 25 kilometers southeast of Ripley on Bruce Road 6. The populace in 2011 become 1,011. Teeswater is located on the Teeswater River, a tributary of the Saugeen River. Surveyors named the river after the River Tees in England and the agreement become named for the river.

The first settlers, specially English and Scottish, arrived in 1856. Teeswater become included as a village in 1875 and remained a separate municipality until it become amalgamated with Culross Township to shape the Township of Teeswater-Culross in 1998. In 1999, Teeswater-Culross was itself amalgamated with the Township of Mildmay-Carrick to shape the new municipality of South Bruce. Teeswater is the administrative centre of South Bruce and the largest community inside the municipality.

A weekly newspaper, The Teeswater News was published from 1871 until 1996. The building where the weekly newspaper turned into posted burned down. Now in its vicinity is The Kinsman Memorial park. The park become finished October 2008. Like many other Ontario villages, Teeswater nurtured a musical culture as it grew, supporting first a string orchestra and a later a flourishing concert band. It is home to the prize-winning Teeswater Highlanders Pipes and Drums, which regularly presents concert events on the garden beside the Town Hall.