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Avon River, Ontario

See River Avon for other rivers of that name.

The Avon River is a river in Perth County[?], Ontario, Canada. The river was named after the River Avon in England when the town of Stratford was founded on its banks in 1832. The Avon River flows into the River Thames near St. Mary's[?].

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