New Bruce County housing office in Kincardine called Penetangore Hub

Bruce County housing’s new office and meeting room, at 529 Gary Street, Kincardine, will be known as the “Penetangore Hub.”

The name is a gesture to the building’s location, near the Penetangore River which empties into Lake Huron in the Town of Kincardine, according to a county committee report, presented at the meeting March 4.

The name Penetangore is believed to come from an Ojibwa word meaning "river with sand on one side," referring to the sand bar at the river's mouth, and was the original name of the settlement that became the Town of Kincardine.

In keeping with the theme of river and water features, the meeting room at the Penetangore Hub will be named “The Pine River Room,” a nod to the river that flows 34 kilometres across the landscape of the Township of Huron-Kinloss. The hub will primarily serve residents of Kincardine and Huron-Kinloss, although it is available for any residents.

PENETANGORE PLACE

Meanwhile, the new residential building, also located at 529 Gary Street, Kincardine, will be called “Penetangore Place.”

It will provide 35 community housing units, including 25 one-bedroom, six two-bedroom, and four three-bedroom, and tenants are expected to move in this spring.