What are the major business Centers in Elgin and Middlesex counties?

[dennis1]

What are the major business centres outside of London and St Thomas?

[manny_santos]

Originally Posted by dennis1

What are the major business centres outside of London and St Thomas?

Strathroy would probably be the next one in line, as it is home to the one and only Strathroy Audio Video.

Aylmer is also up there.

[MolsonExport]

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[dennis1]

Originally Posted by manny_santos

Strathroy would probably be the next one in line, as it is home to the one and only Strathroy Audio Video.

Aylmer is also up there.

Thanks.

Would Alisa Craig or Dorchester count?

[K85]

No to the above.

[MolsonExport]

You guys are forgetting the teaming cities of Ivan and Denfield and Lobo.

[dennis1]

Originally Posted by K85

No to the above.

Thanks!

[K85]

Elgin = Alymer, and St. Thomas, though it is separated.

Middlesex = Lucan, Strathroy, London (separated like St. Thomas), and to a small extent, Parkhill

[dennis1]

Originally Posted by K85

Elgin = Alymer, and St. Thomas, though it is separated.

Middlesex = Lucan, Strathroy, London (separated like St. Thomas), and to a small extent, Parkhill

One more question.

Do you consider Oxford county as part of the area?

[go_leafs_go02]

Originally Posted by dennis1

One more question.

Do you consider Oxford county as part of the area?

Nope.

Oxford likely has more in common with Brantford and K/W than London.

Just like would you consider Chatham-Kent part of the area? I would say absolutely not.

[flar]

Port Stanley is a port and maybe has some small fisheries. Strathroy and St. Thomas have a few factories. But really, outside of London the area is mostly agricultural.

[north 42]

Being from Windsor, I would have thought that Woodstock and London would be more connected to eachother, since they're relatively close together. Since Windsor -Essex is a peninsula, we are pretty seperated from the other cities in Southwestern Ontario. I'm surprised to hear that Oxford county and Woodstock are more connected to K-W and Brantford than London, I would have thought that it would have been the other way around. For us, Chatham-Kent would still be considered in our area, since it's the only municipality we border besides Detroit, which we also consider to be our area, just in another country.

[dennis1]

Originally Posted by north 42

Being from Windsor, I would have thought that Woodstock and London would be more connected to eachother, since they're relatively close together. Since Windsor -Essex is a peninsula, we are pretty seperated from the other cities in Southwestern Ontario. I'm surprised to hear that Oxford county and Woodstock are more connected to K-W and Brantford than London, I would have thought that it would have been the other way around. For us, Chatham-Kent would still be considered in our area, since it's the only municipality we border besides Detroit, which we also consider to be our area, just in another country.

Mee too. I thought London St Thomas Woodstock would be one area.

[dennis1]

Originally Posted by go_leafs_go02

Nope.

Oxford likely has more in common with Brantford and K/W than London.

Just like would you consider Chatham-Kent part of the area? I would say absolutely not.

Originally Posted by flar

Port Stanley is a port and maybe has some small fisheries. Strathroy and St. Thomas have a few factories. But really, outside of London the area is mostly agricultural.

Thanks for the info.

[Snark]

Originally Posted by go_leafs_go02

Nope. Oxford likely has more in common with Brantford and K/W than London.

Incorrect.

Oxford County has virtually all higher-level administration (provincial/federal) provided out of London (i.e. property assessment, MTO).

The school board is run out of London.

The medical system is based in London.

[go_leafs_go02]

Originally Posted by Snark

Incorrect.

Oxford County has virtually all higher-level administration (provincial/federal) provided out of London (i.e. property assessment, MTO).

The school board is run out of London.

The medical system is based in London.

OK, I will take that back. I should mention that Woodstock is actually closer to both Kitchener and Brantford (by about 5 km) than it is to London.

[ssiguy]

Outside London, Middlesex's primary centre is Strathroy. It offers the health and education services the other small towns can't. It is the regional shopping area for rural Middlesex as well as eastern Lambton county.
It is home to Cuddy's farm and has a decent sized light industrial base.

[Blitz]

Yeah, the school boards lump Elgin, Middlesex, and Oxford counties together as one. Woodstock is more connected to London than it is to Kitchener.

Brantford is more connected to Hamilton (the Hamilton newspaper is found throughout town there).

[Simpseatles]

Dorchester is a major centre to the east of London in Middlesex. We have a pop. of at least 7000, we just got a major new factory, and we may soon get some other new retail developments. A new bridge is under construction to replace the 90 year old span across the Thames, we have a decent ammount of new subdivisions, and 2 401 interchanges!

[dennis1]

http://www.tvdsb.ca/files/filesystem...cationMaps.pdf

Got this map of the Thames Valley.

I think this fits everyones view.