Goderich

Goderich is a town of 7,700 people in , by the shore of Lake Huron. It is a service centre for the surrounding agricultural communities, and has one of the oldest salt mines in Ontario, dating to 1866. Also a beach community.
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  • Type: Town with 7,630 residents
  • Description: town in Huron County, Ontario, Canada
  • Also known as: “Goderich, ON” and “Goderich, Ontario”
Photo: Mhsheikholeslami, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Huron Historic Gaol and Polley’s Livery Stable.

Museum
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The was established as the Huron County Gaol for Upper Canada's Huron District. Clearing of the land began in Goderich, Ontario in 1839 and the jail was constructed between 1839 and 1842 using stone from the Valley and from Michigan.

Theater building
Photo: Alfred Yoxall, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a theater building.

Church
Photo: JFVoll, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Goderich

Latitude
43.7431° or 43° 44′ 35″ north
Longitude
-81.7111° or 81° 42′ 40″ west
Population
7,630
Elevation
222 metres (728 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CA GOH
Open location code
86MWP7VQ+6H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1316794064
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5962442
Wiki­data ID
Q33974
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Goderich” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غودريتش”
  • Asturian: “Goderich”
  • Atikamekw: “Goderich”
  • Bulgarian: “Годерич”
  • Catalan: “Goderich”
  • Cebuano: “Goderich”
  • Chinese: “戈德里奇”
  • Dutch: “Goderich”
  • French: “Goderich”
  • German: “Goderich”
  • Greek: “Γκόντεριτς”
  • Italian: “Goderich”
  • Japanese: “ゴードリッチ”
  • Japanese: “ゴッドリッチ”
  • Japanese: “ゴデリッチ”
  • Japanese: “ゴドリッチ”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Goderich”
  • Persian: “گادریک، انتاریو”
  • Persian: “گادریک”
  • Polish: “Goderich”
  • Portuguese: “Goderich”
  • Romanian: “Goderich, Ontario”
  • Romanian: “Goderich”
  • Russian: “Годерич”
  • Russian: “Годрич”
  • Serbian: “Goderich”
  • Serbian: “Годерич”
  • Serbian: “Годрич”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Goderich”
  • Spanish: “Goderich (Ontario)”
  • Spanish: “Goderich”
  • Swedish: “Goderich”
  • Turkish: “Goderich”
  • Ukrainian: “Годрич (Онтаріо)”
  • Ukrainian: “Годрич”
  • Urdu: “گوڈرچ، اونٹاریو”

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