What is Forest, Ontario?
[[File:Forest ON.JPG|250px|thumb|right|Forest, Ontario]] '''Forest, Ontario''' is a [[town]] in [[Lambton County]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. About 3,000 people live in the town. It the biggest town in [[Lambton Shores]]. The town was an important [[lumber]] town. It even had its own [[railway station|train stop]]. Forest is now a [[tourism|tourist attraction]]. It has [[trail]]s and [[camping|camp facilities]]. ==History== Forest is located on land that was once [[Density|dense]] [[forest]]. When the [[Grand Trunk Railway]] was built, the [[railway station|station]] for the town was named for the dense forest. In 1859, the first [[post office]] was then named Forest. ==Industry== The [[industry]] of the town was first based on the large amount of [[fruit]] growing in the area. There was once a [[canning]] [[factory]] and a [[basket]] factory in Forest. In more recent years, the town has become a [[dormitory community]] for the city of [[Sarnia]] and, to a lesser extent, [[London, Ontario|London]], [[Ontario]]. The large tourism area along the [[shore]]s of nearby [[Lake Huron]] also helps local [[business]]es. Several small [[manufacturing]] plants supporting the [[car|automobile]] industry have also opened in the past few years. ==Population== In 2001, the last year that Forest was a national [[census]] unit, the town had a [[population]] of 2,857. The average age of the people who live in Forest was about 42. This is five years older than the [[average]] for the entire [[Provinces of Canada|province]]. The average [[money|earnings]] of the people living in Forest was $27,902 ([[Canadian dollar|CAD]]) in the year 2000. In 2006, the local census unit was changed to the town of Lambton Shores. In 2021, the town of Forest had a population of 2,429. ==Education== Forest has a [[high school]], North Lambton Secondary School. The school has a large [[gymnasium]] and [[cafeteria]]. It also has access to [[washroom]] and [[cooking|meal preparation]] [[facility|facilities]]. Forest has two separate school systems. It