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Lakehead lakehead

• 1 n. the western end of Lake Ontario: the vicinity of Burlington, Hamilton, and Niagara-on-the-Lake.

  See also: Head of the Lake  

  • 1827  It appeared, that a person at the Lake Head, had furnished the York Garrison with 800 bbls. of Flour last year. . . .

• 2 n. the twin cities of Port Arthur and Fort William, Ont., and the surrounding region on the northwest shore of Lake Superior.

  See also: Head of the Lakes  

  • 1955  From the deck of the loaded freighter, bound for the Sault and Welland Canals, the grain strongholds of the lakehead stand like castles against the sunset.
  • 1965  . . . one large corporation refused to set up a business in the Lakehead because of the constant history of bickering between the two cities.

• 3 n. a proposed province to be established in northwestern Ontario.

  • 1952  Even a future population of half a million, however, would hardly justify the setting up of a separate province of the Lakehead as is sometimes advocated.