Fenelon Falls

Fenelon Falls
The eponymous falls
The eponymous falls
Nickname: 
"The Jewel of the Kawarthas"
Fenelon Falls is located in City of Kawartha Lakes
Fenelon Falls
Fenelon Falls
Fenelon Falls is located in Southern Ontario
Fenelon Falls
Fenelon Falls
Coordinates: 44°32′08″N 78°44′13″W / 44.53556°N 78.73694°W / 44.53556; -78.73694
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
MunicipalityKawartha Lakes
EstablishedUnknown
Incorporated1874
Named forFather Fenélon
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total1,915
Postal code
K0M
Area code705

Fenelon Falls is a village in Ontario, Canada, part of the city of Kawartha Lakes. Nicknamed the "Jewel of the Kawarthas," it has a population of 2,500 permanent inhabitants, which swells in the summer due to tourism and holiday cottages. Fenelon Falls is home to lock 34 on the Trent-Severn Waterway between Sturgeon Lake and Cameron Lake. It is primarily a tourist town and therefore is most active during the summer season. The main street of Fenelon Falls is called Colborne Street.

The eponymous falls are hidden from plain view, because the main road crosses over the river just upstream; however, the falls are easily viewed from a nearby restaurant or from a path on the north bend of the Fenelon River. The falls power a hydro-electric dam, which diverts some of the water flow.

  1. ^ Combined population for Dissemination areas 35160199 and 35160198