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Tecumseh or Lakeshore?[edit]

According to maps I've seen, as well as text at the top of the article, Maidstone is "in the town of Tecumseh". But later in the article, it says "It is now incorporated into the Town of Lakeshore", with the word "it" presumably referring to Maidstone, the subject of the previous sentence. It doesn't say what "now" meant when it was written. Although claiming to be based on a published newspaper article, there is no link to it, nor a proper citation. 24.55.249.158 (talk) 19:40, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It is in Tecumseh; the bit about Lakeshore was added by an anonymous editor, and is wrong. I've removed it. Mind matrix 19:55, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I changed it to Lakeshore, based on information from the Essex County website. In 1999, the Ontario government executed a wide-scale restructuring of local governments, their areas, and their powers. (Guess whether it was popular or not.) As part of that effort, it looks like Maidstone is officially part of the municipality of Lakeshore, Ontario. _signed,Willondon (talk) 20:05, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. I didn't see the response from Mindmatrix until I saved my reply here. So, I'd gone and edited it to read as part of Lakeshore. I leave it to further edits to decide how the article should read. Cheers. _signed,Willondon (talk) 20:05, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Willondon: Maps I've seen indicate Tecumseh, but I'll investigate further to verify it. Mind matrix 20:11, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The map app I consulted said Tecumseh. It wouldn't be the first time the world carried on, ignoring how the government decides to view things. _signed,Willondon (talk) 20:21, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently the area covered by the former township of Maidstone was split between Lakeshore and Tecumseh, but the community of Maidstone (ie - the subject of this article) is in Tecumseh. A search for Maidstone on the 2016 Census Profiles at Statistics Canada seems to support the idea that the township was split amongst the two towns. And the Official plan for Tecumseh discusses secondary plans for the hamlet of Maidstone (see page numbered 138, which is page 144 of the PDF; and also schedule B, which is page 161 of the PDF, which has a map with Maidstone labelled; and also Schedule B-3, which is a map of Maidstone with settlement boundaries). Mind matrix 20:49, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]