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{{short description|Community of Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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|leader_name            = Kristal Chopp
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|leader_name2           = [[Diane Finley]] ([[Conservative Party of Canada|Con]])
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|leader_name3           = [[Toby Barrett]] ([[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|PC]])
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|established_date2      = 1974 (Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk)
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'''Glen Meyer''' is an unincorporated community in [[Norfolk County, Ontario|Norfolk County]], [[Ontario]], Canada, southeast of [[Tillsonburg, Ontario|Tillsonburg]].
==Summary==
[[George Edward Meyer]] settled here in 1854. When he became postmaster in 1865, he named the community after himself.<ref>[http://www.ruralroutes.com/glenmeyer Information about the first settler] at Rural Routes</ref>
During World War II, a [[labour camp]] was approved for Glen Meyer, to house enemy [[Merchant shipping|merchant seamen]] held as [[prisoners of war]] who would work under guard at local farms.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VkA8AAAAIBAJ&sjid=dysMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1076,20947188&dq=glen-meyer+ontario&hl=en|title=Approve P.O.W. labour for Ontario farms|date=April 4, 1945|work=Toronto Daily Star|page=2|access-date= April 14, 2010}}</ref>
In 1974, radio station [[CJDL-FM|CKOT]] (now CJDL-FM) received permission to move its transmitter to Glen Meyer.
In 2001, Haldimand-Norfolk was dissolved into two separate single-tier counties. Glen Meyer became part of the newly formed County of Norfolk.
The term "Glen Meyer" refers to an [[Iroquoian]] aboriginal culture related to the [[Neutral Nation]] people.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://lfpress.com/news/columnists/ian_gillespie/2010/03/01/13064681.html|title=City's oldest 'cold case' gruesome mystery |last=Gillespie|first=Ian|date=March 1, 2010 |work= The London Free Press   |access-date=April 14, 2010}}</ref> Glen Meyer's earliest known inhabitants, from around the year 1000 until approximately 300–350 years later, were the [[Algonquin people|Algonquin]] nation{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}. They were noted flint-workers and evidence of their skill in crafting arrowheads is still to be found in open worked field areas surrounding the village. The next wave of inhabitants were the Attawandaron nation, the Neutrals, who occupied the region from about 1350 until their absorption by the [[Iroquois]] in the year 1651. The last significant native nation to occupy the area was the [[Mississaugas]].
===Climate===
The winter of 1975 was the only unusually mild winter in the region from 1897 to 1977.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Maximum Freezing Degree-Days as a Winter Severity Index for the Great Lakes, 1897–1977 | journal = Monthly Weather Review | volume = 108 | issue = 9 | pages = 1440 | publisher = American Meteorological Society | doi = 10.1175/1520-0493(1980)108<1440:MFDDAA>2.0.CO;2 | issn = 1520-0493 | year = 1980 | bibcode = 1980MWRv..108.1440A | last1 = Assel | first1 = Raymond A. | doi-access = free }}</ref> From the late 1990s onwards, winters have become more mild due to changes in climate brought on by global warming. Glen Meyer traditionally belongs to the [[humid continental climate]] zone, even with the recent mild winters and warmer dry summers. As in all communities, towns and cities throughout the world, [[global warming]] due to human industrial activity has drastically altered the climate of Glen Meyer over the decades.
The warmest summers that Glen Meyer has witnessed occurred in 1998, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 (with the exception of the month of July<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ec.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=en&n=714D9AAE-1&news=7DDF8AF2-FE36-439D-A474-4FD32F86C148| title = Ontario Weather Review - July 2009| publisher = Environment Canada| date = 2009-09-01| access-date = 2011-10-27| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121203043636/http://www.ec.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=714D9AAE-1&news=7DDF8AF2-FE36-439D-A474-4FD32F86C148| archive-date = 2012-12-03}}</ref>), 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.<ref name=NOAA2015>{{cite news|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/201613|title=Global Analysis - Annual 2016|publisher=NOAA|access-date=19 January 2017}}</ref>
Should the sea levels rise by {{convert|60|m|ft|disp=or}}, Glen Meyer would not be affected by flooding.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://flood.firetree.net/?ll=42.8780,-80.4199&z=7&m=60| title = Impact of global warming on Glen Meyer, Ontario | publisher = Firetree| access-date = 2012-07-02}}</ref> However, it may be affected by droughts as a by-product of the dislocation of available fresh water and may be forced to rely on [[desalination|desalinated]] salt water piped in from the [[Eastern United States]]. Constructing the proper infrastructure to carry the water hundreds of miles away would take considerable manpower along with significant economic costs and an unprecedented level of cooperation from multiple federal, state/provincial, and municipal governments.
==References==
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*{{cite web|url=http://geonames2.nrcan.gc.ca/cgi-bin/v9/sima_unique_v9?english?FBHUN?C|title=Glen Meyer, Ontario|work=Geographical Names of Canada|publisher=Natural Resources Canada|access-date=April 14, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608110724/http://geonames2.nrcan.gc.ca/cgi-bin/v9/sima_unique_v9?english%3FFBHUN%3FC|archive-date=June 8, 2011|url-status=dead}}
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