A road sign directing tourists to Leamington's ferry service is causing a bit of a buzz.

The sign approved by the Ministry of Transportation was installed, but the name of the town of Leamington is misspelled as Lemington.

A concerned resident says she made many attempts to get it fixed, but without any luck.

"I was thinking, my gosh, because it is a large sign and Leamington and Kingsville ferries are a big tourist attraction, and I can't believe it was incorrectly spelled," says resident Dorothy Potter.

Along Highway 3 near Walker Road, the sign sits right in front of Victoria Memorial Cemetery - a place Potter visits uninterrupted.

Noticing the error, however, the sign now sticks out to her like a sore thumb.

Tourists and new residents, including Russ Hansen, have also noticed the mistake.

“I thought Lemington, are there lemons there or lemors there, what was there?” says Hansen.

The provincially funded sign was installed by the ministry during recent construction along the highway.

Potter first noticed the mistake last October.

For the next several months, Potter made many attempts to contact officials - from Pelee Island Ferry services, to the Ministry of Transportation, even Windsor's 311 - to get answers.

She says they all told her they would pass on the message to those responsible, but it's been nearly one year and this sign still isn't fixed.

"I didn't think it would take this long for someone to correct it," says Potter.

Leamington mayor John Paterson says it is the first time he has heard of it.

"It's pretty bad," says Paterson.

He says the spelling error is disappointing.

"You would think that a transportation company tied into the provincial/federal governments would know how to spell Leamington properly," says Paterson.

Ministry officials say they received Potter's request in August, saying unfortunately mistakes happen occasionally and they regret the error.

"Our tax dollars are at work,” says Potter. “It was incorrectly installed, so there was money there. Now it's going to have to be taken down, replaced, more tax dollars."

The ministry says a new sign has been made and shipped to the local maintenance patrol for installation.

They say the sign should be replaced by the end of the week.

Both Paterson and Potter say they'll be checking to make sure the sign does in fact get replaced.