Sydenham, Frontenac County, Ontario
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Named after Lord Sydenham, Sydenham (2003 population approximately one thousand) is a small town situated at the west end of Sydenham Lake and located north of Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Although located in a farming community, many of the area residents work in Kingston. Sydenham has more ammenities than many of the smaller surrounding towns making it a hub for the region.
Geologically, Sydenham staddles the boundary of the St. Lawerence Lowlands (limestone) and the Canadian Shield (granite). Frontenac Provincial Park is found north of Sydenham in the shield rock and sits atop the Thousand Islands - Frontenac Arch, a significant geological feature. Mica mining was popular in the 19th century and many of the small, old, and abandoned mines can be found to this day if one knows where to look.
An annual rowing regatta is held on these waters next to The Point, a popular local public beach, which was purchased by a local women's group in the mid-late 1800's and given back to the community so that there was always a public gathering point. Sydenham Lake flows westward through an old mill, now a bridge, into Millhaven Creek, which in turns empties into Lake Ontario at Odessa. Millhaven Creek originates from a northern conservation area, Gould Lake, which was the basis for the town's original economy of Mica Trade. The former CPR/Grand Trunk Railway runs through the north end of town, which when the local section was completed - formed the first raillink between Toronto and Ottawa. The railway is now part of the TransCanada Trail, a footpath touching all 3 boardering Oceans and every Province and Territory of Canada.
Sydenham once held the township offices for Loughborough Township, but after the neighbouring townships amalgamated, it is now the seat for the Township of South Frontenac. The postal code is K0H 2T0 and the telephone exchange is 376 in the 613 area code.
There are two schools in Sydenham that are a part of the public school system and students are bussed in from the neighbouring communities that do not have schools with high grade levels, typically grade 7 and up. They are Loughborough Public School (K-8) and Sydenham High School (9-12).
Many Christian faiths are represented by a church apiece: Grace United Church, St. Patrick's Catholic Church and St. Paul's Anglican Church.
Some historical institutions of Sydenham include Horning's Antiques, Truesdale's General Store, Lindsay Funeral Home, and Lindsay Furniture Store.