St. Joseph, Huron County, Ontario

For the township on northern Lake Huron, see St. Joseph, Ontario.

St. Joseph (French St-Joseph or Saint-Joseph) is a community in Huron County, Ontario, Canada, in the municipality of Bluewater. It is on the shore of Lake Huron near Grand Bend. St. Joseph has houses, a few shops, and a gas station.

St. Joseph
Village
St. Joseph Memorial Park
Nickname:  St. Jo's
Location within Ontario
Coordinates: 43°24′46″N 81°42′35″W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
County	Huron County
Settled	1846
Time zone	UTC-4 (Eastern)
Postal code	N0M 2T0
Area code	519

It was first settled, as "Pointe-aux-Bouleaux", by some French Canadian families seeking greater opportunity in 1846. Over the years the name was changed to "Johnson's Mills", "Lakeview" and finally "St. Joseph".

Narcisse Cantin

Narcisse Cantin is thought of as the "founder" of St. Joseph, having returned to the settlement from Buffalo in 1896 and being instrumental in his visionary yet failed attempt to better the community he grew up in.

Cantin's plans for St. Joseph hinged on the development of a deep water canal cutting across southern Ontario and connecting into his plans for the greater St. Lawrence Seaway. However, the breakout of the First World War prevented work on the canal going forward.^[1]