Plympton-Wyoming

History

The town was created in 2001, amalgamating the Township of Plympton with the formerly independent Village of Wyoming. The township of Plympton was established in 1833 by settlers under the patronage of Lord Egremont, at roughly the same time as the settlement of Camlachie, Ontario. The pre-amalgamation Village of Plympton was a party to a Supreme Court of Canada case in 1980, Homex Realty and Development v. Wyoming, which addressed issues of procedural fairness with regard to the village's municipal bylaws regarding property transfer. On May 2, 1983, an F4 tornado tore through the town, injuring 12 and levelling / sweeping away multiple houses leaving dozens homeless. It tracked for 30 km (19 mi) and had a peak width of 400 m (1,300 ft). Winds topped out at an estimated 400 km/h (250 mph).