Bexley Township

The Township of Bexley (Population 1305 c.1996)[1] was a municipality located in the northern half of the former Victoria County, now the city of Kawartha Lakes, in the Canadian province of Ontario.

The villages flourished and faded for at least a century prior to the arrival of Samuel de Champlain on his tour with the Hurons.

[3] Bexley's principal population centre - Coboconk - was founded in 1851 and continues to thrive off summer tourism from recreational cottagers.

According to the 1996 Canadian census, the last prior to the amalgamation of Victoria County, the township has a total area of 123.05 km2 (47.51 sq mi).

A few established communities dot the landscape, and the shores of Balsam and Silver Lakes are surrounded by seasonal cottages, while the remainder is mostly swamp, or forest.