Ellesmere Explained

Ellesmere may refer to:

Places

Australia

• Ellesmere, Queensland, a locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland
• the former name of Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia

Canada

• Ellesmere Island, an Arctic island of Canada and named for Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere
• Ellesmere Road, an arterial road in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and named after Ellesmere, Shropshire
• Ellesmere station, on the Toronto subway in Canada

New Zealand

• Ellesmere, New Zealand, a locality in the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand
  • Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora, a lake near Ellesmere
  • Ellesmere (New Zealand electorate), an historic New Zealand electorate

United Kingdom

• Ellesmere, Shropshire, a market town in Shropshire, England
  • Ellesmere Castle
  • Ellesmere Rural, a civil parish to the west
• Ellesmere Park, area of Eccles, Greater Manchester, England
• Ellesmere Port, an industrial town in Cheshire, England
• Ellesmere Port and Neston, a former district and borough in Cheshire, England
• Ellesmere Canal, a canal in the United Kingdom, now known as the Llangollen Canal

Other

• Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, a 19th-century English politician and patron of the arts
• Earl of Ellesmere, title in the Peerage of the UK
• Ellesmere Choi, Hong Kong TVB actor

See also

• Ellesmere College (disambiguation)
  • Elmore (disambiguation)
• Elsmere (disambiguation)
• Elsmore (disambiguation)