Coldwater is a municipal community with a population of 1,195 (1997), located on Ontario provincial highway 12 between Orillia and Midland, on the Coldwater River in Medonte Twp.,Simcoe Co.. Chief John Aisance and his band of Chippewa Indians settled at what is now Coldwater in 1830, calling the place Gissinausebing, which means "cold water." Orillia (2001 population 29,121) is a city on in south-central Ontario, Canada on Lake Couchiching, where it flows from Lake Simcoe, in Simcoe County towards Georgian Bay (Lake Huron). ... Midland (population 16,000) is a town located on Georgian Bay in Ontario, Canada. ... One Called From A Distance (Midwewinind) of the White Earth Band, 1894 The Ojibwa or Chippewa (also Ojibwe, Ojibway, Chippeway or Anishinabek) are the third-largest group of Native Americans/First Nations in the United States, surpassed only by Cherokee and Navajo. ...
A grist mill was built on the sight in 1833, and a post office was established in 1835 with the name Coldwater. The Indians owned the mill until 1849.
Coldwater was opened to European settlement in 1836, and was incorporated in 1908.
ps. not many ppl live here...and jarrett was born here
Coldwater is a municipal community in Severn Township with a population of 1,195 (1997), located on Ontario provincial highway 12 between Orillia and Midland, on the Coldwater River in Simcoe County.
A grist mill was built on the sight in 1833, and a post office was established in 1835 with the name Coldwater.
Coldwater was opened to European settlement in 1836, and was incorporated in 1908.
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