Underwood, Bruce County, Ontario

Underwood is a village in the Municipality of Kincardine, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada, located just south of North Bruce on Highway 21.[1]

History

The hamlet of Underwood was founded in 1856, and among original industry included a shoe shop, harness shop, blacksmith shop, sawmill, grist mill, cheese factory, general store and a post office.

Underwood today

With a population of less than 100, there are few stores in the community, antiques/gift shop, motorcycle shop, hunting/angling supply shop. Underwood also offers a satellite Municipal Administration Centre. Bruce Telecom, formerly Bruce Municipal Telephone System, has been in operation since 1910, offering local telephone, internet and digital cable service to the region, is located just outside Underwood.

References

Underwood, Canadian Geographical Names, Geographical Names Board of Canada, Natural Resources Canada

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[1] Underwood, Canadian Geographical Names, Geographical Names Board of Canada, Natural Resources Canada

Bruce County, Ontario
Towns	Brockton Kincardine Saugeen Shores South Bruce Peninsula
Townships	Arran–Elderslie Huron-Kinloss Northern Bruce Peninsula South Bruce
First Nations	Chippewas of Nawash Saugeen
First Nations reserves	Cape Croker Hunting Ground 60B Chief's Point 28 Neyaashiinigmiing 27 Saugeen 29 Saugeen and Cape Croker Fishing Islands 1 Saugeen Hunting Grounds 60A
Communities	Bervie Chesley Eden Grove Ferndale Formosa Inverhuron Kincardine Lion's Head Lucknow Malcolm Maple Hill McIntosh Mildmay Miller Lake Old Woman's River Paisley Point Clark Port Elgin Salem (Arran–Elderslie) Salem (South Bruce) Sauble Beach Southampton Tara Teeswater Tiverton Tobermory Underwood Walkerton Wiarton