Lucan is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Township of Lucan Biddulph in Middlesex County. It is approx. 30 km (18 miles) north of London, which is the most important urban centre in the county and one of the most important in Southwestern Ontario.
The land in the area is almost entirely agricultural, relatively fertile soils used for crops (grains, tobacco) and livestock. Many of the township's residents are in employed in the same industries.
Lucan is home to the Lucan Irish, a junior hockey team that plays in the Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League.
Prior to incorporation in 1872, the Village of Lucan had been known as Marystown, named in tribute to the wife of John McDonald, who was the original land surveyor of the area. When a duplicate Marystown was found to have already registered with the Post Office the name Lucan was put forth and accepted by the postal authorities. Lucan was named in tribute to Lord Lucan, a prominent landowner in... ...
