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Bolsover is a village in Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada, west of the village of Kirkfield at the junction of Kawartha Lakes Road 48 and Kawartha Lakes Road 46. The village is located to the south of Canal Lake. The community is likely named for Bolsover in Derbyshire, England.

History

By 1869, Bolsover was a village with a population of 150 in the township of Eldon, County Victoria. It was established on the Talbot River. It was on the line of the proposed Toronto and Nipissing Railway. There was a stagecoach service to Woodville. The average price of land was $5 to $16.

Sports

Bolsover is home to the Western Trent Golf Club.

Notable residents

Dave Devall, well-known former meteorologist who worked for the television station CFTO-TV (CTV Toronto) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, resides in Bolsover.

References

1. Rayburn, Alan (1997). Place names of Ontario. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 37. ISBN 0-8020-7207-0. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
2. The province of Ontario gazetteer and directory. H. McEvoy Editor and Compiler, Toronto : Robertson & Cook, Publishers, 1869
3. "Bolsover Golf Courses - Ontario, Canada - OntGolf.ca". Archived from the original on 2008-09-29. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
4. The Barron Blog

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v t e City of Kawartha Lakes
City seat: Lindsay
Towns	Lindsay
Villages and unincorporated communities	Ancona Point Argyle Avery Point Baddow Baker Trail Ballyduff Barclay Bellevue Bethany Bethel Bobcaygeon Bolsover Burnt River Burton Cambray Cameron Coboconk Dalrymple Dartmoor Daytonia Beach Dongola Downeyville Dunsford Emily Eldon Station Feir Mill Fenelon Falls Fowlers Corners Fleetwood Glenarm Greenhurst-Thurstonia Hartley Head Lake Janetville Kinmount Kirkfield Little Britain Long Beach Long Point Lorneville Manilla Manvers Station Mariposa Station Mariposa Norland Oakwood Omemee Pontypool Ragged Rapids Rokeby Rosedale Sadowa St. Mary's Sebright Sturgeon Point Uphill Valentia Verulam Park Victoria Road View Lake Woodville
Former townships	Bexley Carden Dalton Laxton, Digby and Longford Eldon Emily Fenelon Manvers Mariposa Ops Somerville Verulam
Major lakes	Trent River Shadow Lake Silver Lake Four Mile Lake Balsam Lake Cameron Lake Sturgeon Lake Lake Scugog Pigeon Lake Talbot River Canal Lake Mitchell Lake Talbot Lake Severn River Lake Dalrymple Cranberry Lake Head Lake Fishog Lake
Topics	List of roads Victoria County
1) This area lies on the border of an adjacent region, but is part of the Kawartha Lakes census.

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