Talk:Belleville, Ontario

Federal Signal Whereabouts??

Well I have lived in the area all my life and in Belleville for 7 years ... where is Federal Signal's (Subsidiery perhaps ?) plant located I am flumexed.... 20.137.52.231 (talk) 05:22, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

islands??

What are those little islands in Lake Ontario south or southwest of Belleville? Do they have a name?--Sonjaaa 14:51, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

The Thousand Islands are closer to Kingston. The few, small islands scattered in the Bay of Quinte don't really have a collective name that I'm aware of. --Flyingsquirrel 05:06, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Those aren't islands SW of Belleville, technically it is a peninsula with a canal at the western end of the Bay of Quinte. The area is called "The County" by the locals; its official name is Prince Edward County. One of the most scenic and pastorial areas in North America.

They do have names. One is really horrible which is why no one ever mentions it. One is Cow Island, there is also a Snake Island (sadly actual names). The poster was not referring to The County but the actual islands in the Bay of Quinte that are tiny and you can only access by a non-motorized boat or for one or two if the tide is super low. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.193.118.16 (talk) 03:32, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Proposed merge of Belleville Downtown DocFest into Belleville, Ontario

A stubby article about a somewhat niche subject. It would probably best better off as a section in a slightly larger article. I dream of horses (Contribs) (Talk) 05:14, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

• Support, the DocFest doesn't meet notability standards for its own article. The cited references in that article are all from local media. They could be used as references in the Belleville, Ontario article. PKT(alk) 16:18, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

• Against. After checking some of the documentary film festivals in small cities displayed in the List of documentary festivals, I didn't find any single case merged with the article of the city where is held. Also, is all Canadian media "local media"? --Revelbear (talk) 06:30, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

"BayToday.ca", "QNetNews.ca" and "intelligencer" (which is the Belleville Intelligencer) are clearly local to Belleville and the Quinte Region. They're not national broadcasters or major newspapers. PKT(alk) 15:50, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

BayToday isn't local to Quinte, it's in another part of the province entirely. It's Bay as in North Bay as in Nipissing, not Bay as in Bay of Quinte. Bearcat (talk) 12:44, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

Revelbear, just to be clear, the issue isn't "local vs. national media" itself, such that only The Globe and Mail or the CBC could ever be used at all and every local newspaper is completely verboten — but for topics of primarily local interest, we do prefer to see some evidence that the topic is getting some notice beyond just its own local area. That is, it's not "local" that's the issue per se, it's that it's local to the city where the topic is located and thus isn't necessarily strong evidence that it has any wider recognition. Of course, that doesn't matter so much anymore if you can find a lot of local coverage, but it does come into play very much if you're trying to stake notability on just four or five footnotes instead of, say, 20 or 30. Bearcat (talk) 13:10, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

I meant List of documentary film festivals --Revelbear (talk) 06:32, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

• Support - "Belleville Downtown DocFest" went months without a single pageview. Merging the information into Belleville will be more beneficial to readers. Magnolia677 (talk) 15:35, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

The page doesn't have months existing. How can pageviews be relevant here? Revelbear (talk) 08:21, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

• Oppose. While I do agree that the DocFest article needs some improvement in its current state, I get over 400 hits for this on a ProQuest search (which is always necessary to do when an event has been around since 2010, because Google is not infallible at finding coverage older than two or three years) — and while they certainly won't all be useful sources (some merely being glancing namechecks of its existence or Stirling/Trenton/Campbellford EMC repetitions of the same article), enough of them will. While it's true that a small smattering of purely local coverage isn't necessarily enough to make a topic notable enough for inclusion, we're talking a lot more than just a small smattering here. Bearcat (talk) 12:56, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

Dan Bain?? Not a notable person?

Question 2603:6011:AE00:46EF:48A0:7104:192E:527D (talk) 03:45, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

DISPUTE: Completely inaccurate history

“ With its strategic location at the meeting of the Bay of Quinte and the Moira River, Belleville has long been an attractive and economically active destination, attracting people looking for a better life. The site of the present-day city was first occupied by various Indigenous peoples, drawn by its sheltered waters, easy access to Lake Ontario and abundance of fishing, such as Anishinaabe (Mississaugas) people who had a village here known as Asukhknosk. Loyalist Settlement The first large arrival of settlers came in 1789, when some fifty United Empire Loyalists arrived. The most notable was Captain John Walden Meyers whobuilt a dam on the Moira River, erected a sawmill, gristmill and distillery and operated a trading post and brick kiln. The gristmill drew settlers from Napanee to Port Hope and the community soon became known as Meyers' Creek. He is credited with building the first brick house in Upper Canada in 1794.”

https://www.belleville.ca/en/home-and-property/history.aspx?_mid_=64994

The “history” currently described in the article is entirely fictional and may be vandalism. Belleville was never called Malcolm’s Creek, and there was never a settler named Jordan Octavia Malcolm. There are no references even given for these claims. Please allow to be updated Illegal chipmunk (talk) 12:08, 12 July 2023 (UTC)