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  1. Southern Ontario

    905 and 289 905 Southern Ontario is a region of the Provinces and territories of Canada province of Ontario ... Sound District, Ontario Parry Sound and District Municipality of Muskoka Muskoka districts. Southern ... climate, and different culture than its northern counterpart. Southern Ontario can also be broken ... Horseshoe . Identity Southern Ontario can be distinguished from Northern Ontario because it is far ... publisher Winesofcanada.com date accessdate 2011 03 10 ref While Southern Ontario has been a part ... 350px Toronto, ON Southern Ontario is home to over 92 per cent, or 12.1 million, of Ontario s total ..., with combined populations of over 200,000. Southern Ontario was colonized by the French colonial ... ref Southern Ontario is part of the Rust Belt . ref Craig S. Campbell, Rust Belt, in The American ... sectors. Some parts of Southern Ontario are heavily entwined with bordering cities in New York .... Other areas with heavy trade traffic with Southern Ontario include Montreal and the province of Quebec , parts of northern Ohio , and western Pennsylvania . Tourism Southern Ontario is well known ... 6.9 million Canadian visitors per year. Citation needed date May 2011 Southern Ontario is home to several ... May 28, 2011 ref Southern Ontario has many beautiful natural attractions as well. Wasaga Beach, Ontario ... parks . Cities Southern Ontario is home to both Canada s largest city Toronto and the national ... 1.4 million. Southern Ontario contains the only city in the nation where one can travel north to the Contiguous ... Detroit , Michigan . Southern Ontario communities have nine telephone List of Ontario area ... 275px Ottawa, ON class wikitable Southern Ontario Cities not all metropolitan areas listed 2011 2006 ... of the south and the districts of the north forms the boundary between Southern and Northern Ontario ... Southern and Northern Ontario. Both divisions may be regarded as northern districts geographically ... Southern Ontario has always been an international destination for higher learning. It houses numerous ...   more details



  1. Ontario Southern Railway (Ontario)

    photograph of the Ontario Southern on page 7, and a description starting on page 10. References reflist DEFAULTSORT Ontario Southern Railway Ontario Category Defunct Ontario railways Category ... in the Niagara Peninsula publisher Mika Publishing year 1978 location Belleville, Ontario pages ...   more details



  1. Ontario Southern Railroad

    Ontario Southern Railroad may refer to Ontario Southern Railroad New York , predecessor of the Pennsylvania Railroad Ontario Southern Railway Ontario , a defunct monorail disambig ...   more details



  1. Southern Ontario Railway

    Infobox SG rail railroad name Southern Ontario Railway marks SOR locale Ontario start year 1998 end year present length convert 69 mi km website http www.railamerica.com RailServices SOR.aspx railamerica.com RailServices SOR image RailAmerica Southern Ontario Railway SOR RLK 2211 EMD GP35M at London ON 2011 05 28.jpg image size 250px image caption Southern Ontario Railway 2211 in RailAmerica paint at London, Ontario London, ON in May 2011. The Southern Ontario Railway reporting mark SOR is a Short line railroad shortline railroad in the province of Ontario . It operates convert 69 mi km ref name trains mag cite journal date June 2010 title RailAmerica s Empire journal Trains Magazine publisher Kalmbach Publishing ref of track from Brantford, Ontario Brantford to Nanticoke, Ontario . The railroad began operations in 1998, and was acquired by RailAmerica two years later. ref name trains mag It has interchanges with the Canadian National Railway at Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton via trackage rights , Brantford and Paris, Ontario Paris , and interchanges with the Canadian Pacific Railway at Hamilton. The railroad s traffic comes mainly from steel, agricultural products, petroleum products, and chemicals. ref http www.railamerica.com RailServices SOR.aspx ref The SOR hauled around 44,000 carloads in 2008. ref name trains mag References reflist External links commonscat inline Portal Railways Canada railways clr Canada class 2 RailAmerica Category Ontario railways Category RailAmerica Canada rail transport stub ...   more details



  1. Southern Ontario Library Service

    notability date February 2010 primarysources date February 2010 The Southern Ontario Library Service SOLS is a non scheduled agency ref Ministry of Culture Public Libraries . http www.mtc.gov.on.ca en libraries libraries.shtml ref of the Ministry of Tourism and Culture Ontario Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Culture . Established in 1989, SOLS delivers programs and services to Public libraries in Ontario Ontario public libraries in the southern half of the province, in a geographic area bounded by Windsor, Ontario Windsor in the south, to Ottawa and the Quebec border in the east, and as far north as Muskoka District Municipality Muskoka in the north. Almost 200 libraries are included in this group, and these range from libraries in small communities to libraries in cities with populations in the hundreds of thousands. SOLS mission statement is as follows The people of Ontario, as represented by the Minister with jurisdiction for public libraries, will have equitable access to library services at a sustainable cost. ref About SOLS . http www.sols.org aboutsols index.htm. 2011, Southern Ontario Library Service. Retrieved February 16, 2011. ref SOLS is responsible for a number of services, including the following Managing the province wide resource sharing interlibrary loan network as well as a related courier service Providing libraries with information and advice on management, governance, and accreditation issues Managing and supporting numerous training and library skills development programs Providing opportunities for libraries to network and exchange information, both face to face and electronically Managing shared electronic, print and non print collections ref Plans and Annual Reports . http www.sols.org aboutsols reports index.htm. 2011, Southern Ontario Library Service. Retrieved February 16, 2011. ref Notes Reflist Category Ontario government departments and agencies ...   more details



  1. Southern Ontario Gothic

    Southern Ontario Gothic is a sub genre of the Gothic novel genre and a feature of Canadian literature that comes from Southern Ontario . The term was first used in Graeme Gibson s Eleven Canadian Novelists 1973 to recognize an existing tendency to apply aspects of the Gothic novel to writing based in and around Southern Ontario. ref name Canadian Literature 1997 The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature . 1997. Don Mills Oxford University Press Canada, p.1085. ref In an interview with Timothy Findley , Gibson commented that Findley s novel The Last of the Crazy People shared similarities with the American Southern Gothic genre, to which Findley replied, ...sure, it s Southern Gothic Southern Ontario Gothic. ref Gibson, Graeme. Eleven Canadian Novelists. 1973. Toronto The House of Anansi Press. 138. ref Notable writers of this sub genre include Alice Munro , Margaret Atwood , Robertson Davies , Jane Urquhart , Marian Engel , James Reaney and Barbara Gowdy . ref The Porcupine s Quill. http www.sentex.net pql boxsoc.html The Box Social and Other Stories. Retrieved on June 30, 2009. ref Like the Southern Gothic of United States American writers such as William Faulkner , Flannery O Connor and Eudora Welty , Southern Ontario Gothic analyzes and critiques society social conditions such as race, gender, religion and politics, but in a Southern Ontario context. ref Fraser, J. Lynn. May 2007. Whiteoaks of Jalna . CM an Electronic Reviewing Journal of Canadian Materials for Young People , 13.19. Retrieved June 16, 2009, from CBCA Reference database. Document ID 1275281041 ref Southern Ontario Gothic is generally characterized by a stern Realism arts realism set against the dour small town Protestant morality stereotypical of the region, and often has underlying themes of moral hypocrisy ... 16, 2009, from CBCA Reference database. Document ID 76040741 . ref Some but not all writers of Southern Ontario Gothic use supernatural or magic realism magic realist elements a few deviate from realism ...   more details



  1. 1996 Southern Ontario tornadoes

    Infobox tornado outbreak name 1996 Southern Ontario tornadoes date April 20, 1996 image location image ... 11 million total fatalities none 9 minor injuries areas affected Southern Ontario Southern Ontario Southern Ontario s worst tornado Tornado outbreak outbreak of the decade came on Saturday April 20, 1996 ... were severely damaged in Williamsford, Ontario Williamsford , Arthur, Ontario Arthur , and Violet Hill, Ontario Violet Hill . Many areas that experienced the 1985 Barrie tornado outbreak tornadoes on May 31, 1985 were hit once again, especially the Grand Valley, Ontario Grand Valley area. The first tornado that touched down tore a 40 kilometre long path southeast of Owen Sound, Ontario Owen Sound ... southwest of Barrie, Ontario Barrie . There was a third brief touchdown near Orillia, Ontario Orillia ... Tornado e.html Tornadoes Atmospheric Hazards Web Site Ontario Adaptation and Impacts Research Group ... cold front, a separate storm formed into a supercell southwest of Williamsford in Grey County, Ontario ... did extensive F3 damage to a strip of homes along Chatsworth, Ontario Chatsworth Road 24, a Township ... Centre, Ontario Holland Centre , the winds hurled a convert adj on abbr off 10,000 l USgal gasoline ..., the tornado crossed Highway 10 Ontario Highway 10 . As the tornado neared the town of Walters Falls, Ontario Walter s Falls , it became more compact, but did not weaken. Damage was continuous but involved ... around each other. The tornado then rolled through the town of Blantyre, Ontario Blantyre where ... before 6 30pm. The parent storm then moved out over the cold waters of Georgian Bay near Meaford, Ontario ... County, Ontario Wellington County initially formed northwest of London, Ontario London around ... was about convert 8 abbr off km southwest of Arthur, Ontario Arthur at 6 10pm. A small funnel ... passed Highway 6 Ontario Highway 6 , it was at its peak strength. The tornado had a separate companion ... Marsh , north of Grand Valley, Ontario Grand Valley . East of the marsh, the storm weakened somewhat ...   more details



  1. Southern Ontario Tornado Outbreak of 2009

    The Southern Ontario Tornado Outbreak of 2009 was a series of severe thunderstorms that spawned numerous tornadoes in Southwestern Ontario , Central Ontario and the Greater Toronto Area GTA on August 20, 2009, and was the largest single day tornado outbreak in Ontario history and the largest in Canadian ... fatality, one of only a handful of deadly tornadoes in Ontario s recent memory. At one point, over 10 million people in Southern Ontario, one third of Canada s population, were placed under Tornado Watch ... of Markdale, Ontario Markdale , where F0 damage occurred to homes and trees. The total path of this tornado was convert abbr on 36 km long, making it the longest track tornado in Ontario since the 1996 Southern Ontario tornadoes Williamsford and Arthur tornadoes of 1996. ref name weatheroffice.gc.ca ... Southern Ontario tornadoes which caused insured losses of eight million dollars, and the Hamilton, Ontario ... tornado outbreak in Ontario history www.youtube.ca ref See also Commonscat Southern Ontario Tornado ..., in one outbreak sequence that touched down in Southern Ontario, until the 2009 Southern Ontario tornado outbreak surpassed it with 18 tornadoes from the same system. Southern Ontario Tornado Outbreak ... of 1985 , the deadly and violent tornado outbreak that occurred in Southern Ontario, 13 confirmed tornadoes in all with 12 fatalities. References reflist coord missing Ontario DEFAULTSORT Southern Ontario ... Ontario . Beginning at around 3 00pm, the storms rapidly strengthened, with a particularly intense cell forming to the south of Lake Huron . This storm passed into Ontario , travelled to the northeast through Huron County, Ontario Huron County and into Grey County, Ontario Grey County , moving towards the town of Durham, Ontario Durham . The first tornado touchdown occurred about convert ... to touch down occurred near the town of Thornbury, Ontario Thornbury along the shore of Georgian Bay . The tornado developed to the south of there, passing through Clarksburg, Ontario Clarksburg and Blue ...   more details



  1. Southern Ontario Tornado Outbreak of 2005

    Infobox tornado outbreak name Southern Ontario Tornado Outbreak of 2005 image location 1903 hookdb smooth ... none areas affected Southern Ontario The Southern Ontario Tornado Outbreak of 2005 in a series of thunderstorms ... 06 13 ref Meteorological events File Southern Ontario weather map 2005 08 19 at 12 GMT.png thumb left Composite weather map on the morning of August 19th, 2005. File Damages path 2005 08 19 Southern ... invading Southern Ontario with a strong southwesterly Jet stream Low level jets low level jet ... title The Southern Ontario Severe Weather Event of Aug 19, 2005 author Collaborative Science, Technology ... of derechos in Southern Ontario and in the US. Southern Ontario Tornado Outbreak of 2009 , the highest ... and the strongest tornado outbreak that occurred in Southern Ontario. External links http cstar.cestm.albany.edu nrow nrow7 Hamilton 5CTornadoes 20to 20Torrents.ppt The Southern Ontario Severe ... Lake Conestoga Lake , Fergus, Ontario Fergus , and East Zorra Tavistock, Ontario Tavistock areas ... s history, exceeding 500 million Canadian dollar s, two and a half times that of Ontario s losses ... 1 title Ontario s Most Expensive Weather Disaster work Canada s Top Ten Weather Stories For 2005 ... Stratford, Ontario convert abbr on 20 km west of Kitchener, Ontario Kitchener , and spread as far north as Georgian Bay near Collingwood, Ontario while the second one was following behind near the shores ..., Ontario Milverton Coord 43 34 N 80 56 W region CA ON type city source GNS enwiki name Milverton to Conestogo Lake Coord 43.68579 N 80.730293 W format dms name Conestoga Lake west of Elmira, Ontario Elmira from 12 40 to 1 20 pm local time. A second twister moved from Salem, Ontario Salem Coord ... of Guelph , passing just to the north of Fergus, Ontario Fergus 10 minutes later. ref name SMC When ..., another severe storm passing Southeast of Stratford, Ontario Stratford , in the East Zorra Tavistock, Ontario Tavistock area coord 43.212513 N 80.847462 W , gave an F1 tornado with winds between convert ...   more details



  1. Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League

    For the present league by this name Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League cellpadding 0 align right align ... align center bgcolor dddddd colspan 2 Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League align center bgcolor eeeeee Membership Ontario Hockey Association align center bgcolor eeeeee Founded 1950 align center ... Golden Horseshoe Junior Hockey League GHL 1974 2007 style background color def Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League GOJHL 2007 Present colspan 2 Sutherland Cup The Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League was a Tier II Junior A ice hockey that lasted from the late 1960s until 1977 in Southern Ontario , Canada . The league was swallowed by what is now called the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League in 1977. The Big 10 Western Division Prior to 1956 Western Ontario Junior B Hockey League 1956 1968 Western Ontario Junior A Hockey League 1968 1970 Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League 1970 ... its name to the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League. The 1971 League title went to the Detroit ... ice hockey leagues in Ontario Category Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League it Southern Ontario ... Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League 1972 1987 OPJHL 1972 1987 style background color def Metro Junior A Hockey League MetJHL 1991 1998 style background color def Ontario Junior Hockey League OJHL 1993 Present colspan 2 Ontario Hockey Association colspan 2 Canadian Junior Hockey League colspan ... 1954 1979 style background color def Ontario Junior Hockey League CJBHL 1954 1993 style background color def Border Cities Junior B Hockey League BCJHL 1958 1964 style background color def Mid Ontario ... League SWJBHL 1976 1978 style background color def Western Ontario Hockey League WOHL 1969 2007 style ... Ontario Junior B Hockey League, and the Central Division became the OPJHL Central Junior B Hockey ... hockey in Ontario. The Western s brass and the team owners felt that they should, as a whole, be promoted to Junior A status. In 1968 they pushed the issue with the Ontario Hockey Association . The OHA ...   more details



  1. Southern Ontario Model United Nations Association

    infobox Organization name Southern Ontario Model United Nations Assembly image image border size caption abbreviation SOMA formation 1973 type NGO purpose Education location Toronto , Ontario, Canada language English language English , French language French leader title Secretary General leader name Salvador Hutira main organ Secretariat affiliation University of Toronto Schools num staff 10 The Southern Ontario Model United Nations Assembly is the oldest and largest Model United Nations simulation run entirely by high school students in North America. Founded in 1973, it has run continuously for 40 years. SOMA is a registered charity and reports annual revenue of approximately 75,000 CDN, with approximately 70,000 of that money being spent on their programming. ref 2009 Registered Charity Information Return for Southern Ontario Model United Nations Assembly. N.p., 31 August 2009. Web. 8 March 2010. http www.cra arc.gc.ca ebci haip srch t3010form21 eng.action?b 119157501RR0001&e 2009 08 31&n SOUTHERN ONTARIO MODEL UNITED NATIONS ASSEMBLY&r http 3A 2F 2Fwww.cra arc.gc.ca 3A80 2Febci 2Fhaip 2Fsrch 2Fbasicsearchresult eng.action 3Fs 3D . ref The assembly is affiliated with the University of Toronto Schools in that the Secretary General, Secretariat, Committee Chairs, and other staff are all current students of the school. Secretaries General have a term of one year, and are chosen by the previous year s secretariat. The current Secretary General of SOMA is Salvador Hutira. ref Home. SOMA. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Jan. 2010. http www.soma.on.ca . ref The current members of the Secretariat are Cydney Kim Secretary Treasurer , Grace Kim Charg D Affaires , Adarsh Gupta Under Secretary General Operations , Zac Smith Under Secretary General Operations , Chalini Lankage Under Secretary General Communications , Nitarshan Rajkumar Under Secretary General Crisis , William Tang Under Secretary ... Category Organizations based in Ontario Category Model United Nations Category Educational programs ...   more details



  1. Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League

    for the defunct Junior A League Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League cellpadding 0 align right align ... align center bgcolor dddddd colspan 2 Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League align center colspan 2 File SOJHL Logo.png 175px align center bgcolor eeeeee Head Office Cambridge, Ontario align center bgcolor eeeeee Official Website http www.oha.pointstreaksites.com view oha oha leagues southern ontario ... 1960 The Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League SOJHL is a Junior level ice hockey league sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association based out of Southwestern Ontario . As of the 2012 13 season, the SOJHL ... 1991 small Northern Junior D Hockey League Merged in 1985 small small Southern Counties Junior D Hockey League Merged in 1988 small Junior Development Hockey League 1991 2006 Southern Ontario Junior ... Junior D SC Southern Counties Junior D N Northern Junior D C Central Junior D SCL MO Georgian Mid Ontario ... view oha oha leagues southern ontario junior hl Official Website http www.ohahockey.org OHA Webpage ... League and the Southern Counties Junior D Hockey League and absorption of the folded Northern Junior ... downsizings of classifications in the OHA. The winner of the SOJHL s playoffs earns the Ontario ... Ontario Junior C Hockey League . During the summer of 2006, the Yeck Conference applied ... Ontario region. The SOJHL downsized extensively for the 2008 09 season, losing Mitchell, West ... align center bgcolor dddddd Team Centre Founded align center Burford Bulldogs Burford, Ontario Burford 1988 align center Delhi Travellers Delhi, Ontario Delhi 1967 align center Hagersville Hawks Hagersville, Ontario Hagersville 1992 align center Norfolk Rebels Port Dover, Ontario Port Dover & Waterford, Ontario Waterford 1988 align center St. George Dukes St. George, Ontario St. George 1994 align center Ayr Centennials Ayr, Ontario Ayr 1983 align center Tavistock Braves Tavistock, Ontario Tavistock 1970 align center Wellesley Applejacks Wellesley, Ontario community Wellesley 1987 align ...   more details



  1. Southern

    Wiktionary The name Southern may refer to Education Southern University System , a historically African American public university system in the U.S. state of Louisiana Southern University formal name Southern University and A&M College , the main campus of the system, located in Baton Rouge. When referring to a school in this system, Southern by itself generally refers to this particular campus. Southern University at New Orleans Southern University at Shreveport Southern University Law Center , the system s law school, also in Baton Rouge Southern Adventist University , Collegedale, Tennessee, United States Southern Connecticut State University , New Haven, Connecticut, United States Southern High School disambiguation , various schools Organisations Southern Railway disambiguation , various railways Southern Airways , a defunct airline Southern Air , an airline based in Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S. Southern Company , a U.S. electricity corporation Southern Records , an independent record label Southern Television , a now defunct UK television company Southern train operating company , current train operator for some services in Southern England. Surname Caleb Southern , American music producer Edwin Southern , molecular biologist Eileen Southern , American musicologist Jeri Southern , American jazz pianist and singer Keith Southern , English association football player for Blackpool F.C. Richard Southern theatre designer 1903 1989 , British theatre designer R. W. Southern 1912 2001 , British medieval historian Sarah Southern , British businesswoman and former Conservative Party official Steve Southern , Australian professional rugby player Terry Southern , American writer Sports Southern 500 , a NASCAR car race Southern 500 1950 2004 , a former NASCAR race Southern Conference ... NCAA Southern Jaguars , the athletic program of the main campus of Southern University Southern League disambiguation , various sports leagues Geographic locations Southern Ocean , the waters ...   more details



  1. Ontario

    is sometimes conceptually divided into two regions, Northern Ontario and Southern Ontario . The great ... forested. Southern Ontario which is further sub divided into four regions Central Ontario although ... conversely Southern Ontario contains 94 of the population. Point Pelee National Park Point Pelee ... and annual precipitation similar to the rest of Southern Ontario. Along the eastern shores of Lake ... in Southern Ontario Southern Southwestern Ontario Southwestern Ontario, has the most lightning strikes ... Hazel which struck Southern Ontario, in October 1954. History See also History of Ontario Timeline ... peoples ceding the land . In 1788, while part of the Province of Quebec 1763 1791 , southern Ontario .... In 1849, the districts of southern Ontario were abolished by the Province of Canada , and county ... percentage of the population but still a large part of Southern Ontario s land area. As the following ..., indicate the importance agriculture once had to the Canadian economy. Southern Ontario s limited ... Ontario AlternateName Fullname Province of Ontario EntityAdjective Provincial Flag Flag of Ontario.svg 100px CoatOfArms Coat of Arms of Ontario.png 200px Logo Ontario logo.jpg Map Ontario, Canada.svg ... Greater Toronto Area Demonym Ontarian Premier Dalton McGuinty PremierParty Ontario Liberal Party Liberal Viceroy David Onley ViceroyType Lieutenant Governor Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario ... ref cite web url http www.ofina.on.ca ontario aboutontario.htm title Ontario Financial Authority About Ontario publisher ofina.on.ca date accessdate August 24, 2011 ref GDP rank 1st GDP per capita ... Standard Time 6 Central Daylight Time 5 br Most of Northwestern Ontario NW Ontario HouseSeats 106 SenateSeats 24 ISOCode CA ON Website www.ontario.ca Ontario IPAc en n t r i o is one of the provinces ... webster.com dictionary Ontario Ontario . Merriam Webster Merriam Webster s Collegiate Dictionary , 11th ed. 2003. ISBN 0 87779 809 5 New York Merriam Webster, Inc. ref ref name QLocation Ontario ...   more details



  1. Barclay, Ontario

    Barclay may refer to one of two southern Ontario communities Innisfil, Ontario Barclay, Innisfil near the western shore of Lake Simcoe Kawartha Lakes Barclay, Kawartha Lakes dab ...   more details



  1. Lucas, Ontario

    orphan date April 2010 Location map Canada Ontario lat 42.9016 long 80.7224 width 200 caption Location of Lucas in Ontario label Lucas Lucas is a List of communities in Ontario community in Southern Ontario Southern Ontario , Canada . Located near Tillsonburg , the community is primarily for tobacco farmers. Nearby communities are Otterville, Ontario Otterville and Norfolk County, Ontario Delhi . coord 42.901 N 80.722 W display title region CA type city source GNS enwiki Category Populated places in Ontario Ontario geo stub ...   more details



  1. Varney, Ontario

    Coord 44 7 58 N 80 48 38 W type landmark display title Varney is a small community in Grey County, Ontario , Canada . Varney is located on Grey Road 6, about 5 kilometers south of Durham, Ontario Durham and 19 kilometers north of Mount Forest, Ontario Mount Forest . ref Cite web url http www.greycounty.ca communities varney.cfm title Varney accessdate 2008 09 28 date 2005 work County of Grey Website Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref John Vernon Pettigrew , Men s Featherweight Wrestler 1936 Olympic Summer games , was born in Varney. ref Cite news title Athletes Born in Varney, Ontario, Canada publisher Sports Reference LLC. url http www.sports reference.com olympics friv birthplaces.cgi?id 2493 work sports reference.com accessdate 2008 09 28 ref Attractions Image VarneyMotorSpeedway.JPG thumb right 250px Turn 1 & 2 and Pit Row at the Speedway Varney has 2 tourist attractions to boast. On the southern outskirts of the town, there is Short track motor racing Ontario Varney Motor Speedway touted as The Fastest 1 4 Mile Track in Southern Ontario . In the north end of the town, easily visible from the road, is the http www.roadsideattractions.ca varney.htm World s Largest Adirondack chair Image Varneys big chair.jpg thumb 250px left The Largest Adirondack Chair in the World Clear External links http www.greycounty.ca communities varney.cfm Grey County official webpage References Reflist Geographic location North Owen Sound , Chatsworth, Ontario town Chatsworth br Williamsford, Ontario Williamsford , Dornoch, Ontario Dornoch , Durham, Ontario Durham West Walkerton, Ontario Walkerton , Hanover, Ontario Hanover Center Varney East Priceville, Ontario Priceville , Flesherton, Ontario Flesherton South Mount Forest, Ontario Mount Forest , Arthur, Ontario Arthur br Fergus, Ontario Fergus , Guelph Category Communities in Grey County WesternOntario geo stub ...   more details



  1. Mead, Ontario

    coord 49.469909 N 83.861818 W display title File Mead ON.JPG thumb right 250px Mead, Ontario Mead is a Siding rail siding along the Algoma Central Railway in the Canada Canadian province of Ontario , located in the unincorporated geographic township of Lowther in Cochrane District, Ontario Cochrane District . Along with a few isolated farms, the only other building at Mead is a former forestry company, which is at the southern terminus of Highway 583 Ontario Highway 583 . From 1973 to 1984, American lumber company, Newaygo Timber operated a mill here. Mead is counted as part of Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part, Ontario Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part in Canadian census data. Category Communities in Cochrane District NorthernOntario geo stub fr Mead Ontario ...   more details



  1. Central Ontario

    705 705 Central Ontario is a subregion of Southern Ontario in the Canada Canadian province of Ontario which lies between Georgian Bay and the eastern end of Lake Ontario . The population of the region ... elevations in Southern Ontario . These Highland geography highlands are known as the Opeongo ... Ontario nickname settlement type Subregion images and maps image map Map of Ontario CENTRAL.svg ... Canada Canada subdivision type1 Provinces of Canada Province subdivision name1 flagicon Ontario Ontario ... subdivision type1 Provinces of Canada Province subdivision name1 flagicon Ontario Ontario Area area .... Although it contains many small and medium sized urban centres, much of Central Ontario is covered by farms, lakes with freshwater beaches , rivers or sparsely populated forested land on the southern edge of the Canadian Shield . Definitions Central Ontario is located within Southern Ontario . It is not geographically close to the actual centre of Ontario as its name would suggest, but in the central third of Southern Ontario on a horizontal west to east axis. Parry Sound District and Muskoka District are within Central Ontario, but are treated as part of Northern Ontario by federal economic ..., is now classed with Northern Ontario by the provincial government. All or part of Grey County, Ontario Grey County and Bruce County, Ontario Bruce County may on occasion be included with Central Ontario as they are north of 44th parallel north 44 degrees in latitude but are far more often treated as part of Southwestern Ontario or the Georgian Triangle area, which includes parts of both Central and Southwestern Ontario. Hastings County, Ontario Hastings County and Prince Edward County, Ontario Prince Edward County may be considered part of Central Ontario by different sources but are more often included as being in Eastern Ontario , mostly because they share the same telephone area ... area of Kingston area media. The southern portion of the region is more densely populated than the northern ...   more details



  1. Ontario Morning

    Ontario Morning is a Canada Canadian radio program, which airs on most CBC Radio One transmitters in Southern Ontario except for the originating stations in Toronto , Ottawa and Windsor, Ontario Windsor . The program s current host is Wei Chen journalist Wei Chen . Past hosts have included Jane Hawtin , Avril Benoit , Dave Seglins , Erika Ritter , Lorne Saxberg and Martina Fitzgerald . The program is produced from the studios of Toronto s CBLA FM CBLA , although that station instead airs the locally oriented Metro Morning in the same timeslot. At the 30 minute mark on the clock, the show switches to a news bureau in London, Ontario that supplies a 6 minute newscast covering primarily London and the surrounding area of Ontario. See also CBC Radio One local programming External links http www.cbc.ca ontariomorning Ontario Morning Category CBC Radio One programs Category Canadian talk radio programs Canada radio show stub ...   more details



  1. Ontario Nature

    greenbelt.ca grants grants made ontario nature ref Ontario Nature has several priorities, among them the preservation of northern wilderness the protection of Ontario s southern forests and the species ...Primarysources date February 2012 coi date February 2012 Ontario Nature is a non profit organization based in Toronto that promotes the preservation and Conservation ethic conservation of natural areas in the Canada Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada province of Ontario . It was established in 1931 as the Federation of Ontario Naturalists , and changed its name in 2004 to refresh its image . There is a membership fee to join the organization, which has over 140 member groups and 30,000 members. ref http www.ontarionature.org discover index.php ref Mandate Ontario Nature protects wild species and wild spaces through conservation, education and public engagement. ref http opgbiodiversity.com ontario nature ref ref http www.ontarionature.org discover index.php ref ref http haltonenvironment.com ontario nature ref br It also maintains its own system of 22 nature reserve s, totally 2,400 hectares of some of Ontario s best remaining examples of imperiled and vulnerable habitats. ref ... in Ontario through the creation of parks and nature reserve s, the responsible management of forests ... 2012 02 21 groups ask ontario turtle hunters to snap out of it ref ref http www.thestar.com news insight article 1133454 ontario snapping turtle endangered yet hunted?bn 1 ref ref http www.torontosun.com ... for various species within their nature reserves. Ontario Nature wants to increase the land classified ... Ontario Nature produces several publications, including ON NATURE , an award winning quarterly ... 4939&Number 33 Information Niagara Ontario Nature http www.ontarionature.org home milestones.html Ontario Nature Milestones http haltonenvironment.com ontario nature Halton Environment Ontario Nature External links http www.ontarionature.org Ontario Nature Category Organizations based in Ontario Category ...   more details



  1. Eastern Ontario

    elevations in Southern Ontario . They stretch into the northern portions of Central Ontario ... Ontario nickname settlement type Subregion images and maps image map Map of Ontario EASTERN.svg ... subdivision type1 Provinces of Canada Province subdivision name1 Flagicon Ontario Ontario Location ... type1 Provinces of Canada Province subdivision name1 Flagicon Ontario Ontario Area area magnitude unit ... List of K Postal Codes of Canada K , area code Area codes 613 and 343 613 343 Eastern Ontario census population 1,603,625 in 2006 is a subregion of Southern Ontario in the Canada Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada province of Ontario which lies in a wedge shaped area between the Ottawa River ... of Ontario census divisions of the following the counties of Prescott and Russell United Counties, Ontario Prescott and Russell , Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties, Ontario Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry , Lanark County, Ontario Lanark , Renfrew County, Ontario Renfrew , Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario Leeds and Grenville , Frontenac County, Ontario Frontenac and Lennox and Addington County, Ontario Lennox and Addington and the single tier municipality of Ottawa . Some sources may also include Hastings County, Ontario Hastings , Prince Edward County, Ontario Prince Edward , and sometimes even Northumberland County, Ontario Northumberland in the definition of Eastern Ontario, but others classify them as Central Ontario . Strictly speaking, Eastern Ontario refers to the part of the province that lies east of where Lake Ontario narrows into the St. Lawrence River . fact date April 2012 The region may also be referred to as Southeastern Ontario to differentiate it from the Northern Ontario subregion of Northeastern Ontario . History See also History of Ottawa ... 60 of Eastern Ontario s population. Kingston, Ontario Kingston , itself once capital of the Province ... Ontario. Image 90 Sparks Street.jpg left thumb 320px Downtown Ottawa Of all Ontario s regions, parts ...   more details



  1. Northern Ontario

    separate from Southern Ontario . There have been movements in the past for the region to separate ... of Southern Ontario , which have a government and administrative structure and jurisdiction ... and Southern Ontario is considered administratively part of Northern Ontario because of its status ... are treated as part of Northern Ontario even though they are geographically in Southern or Central ... Sudbury is the only one that is comparable in size to an electoral district in Southern Ontario ... campuses in some Southern Ontario cities that do not have their own universities. Lakehead has a campus ..., Ontario Corbeil , near North Bay in real life, although the strip is set primarily in Southern ... Basic info official name Northern Ontario nickname settlement type Region images and maps image map Map of Ontario NORTHERN.svg mapsize 250px map caption br Font color F07568 font Core area Font color ... flagicon Canada Canada subdivision type1 Provinces of Canada Province subdivision name1 flagicon Ontario Ontario Area area magnitude unit pref Enter Imperial, if Imperial metric is desired area footnotes ... fields section 2 footnotes http www.gov.on.ca Government of Ontario Collapsible list title List of Members ... 8 Greg Rickford 9 Glenn Thibeault Collapsible list title List of Legislative Assembly of Ontario ... Ontario is a geographic and administrative region of the Canada Canadian province of Ontario . The geographic region lies north of Lake Huron including Georgian Bay , the French River Ontario French ... 87 of the land area of Ontario, although it contains only about 6 of the population. Most of Northern Ontario is situated on the Canadian Shield , a vast rocky plateau. The climate is characterized ... are mining , forestry , and hydroelectricity . For some purposes, Northern Ontario is further subdivided into Northeastern Ontario Northeastern and Northwestern Ontario . When the region is divided in this way, the three westernmost districts Rainy River District, Ontario Rainy River , Kenora ...   more details



  1. Foxboro, Ontario

    File Foxboro ON.JPG right 250px thumb Foxboro Post Office and church Foxboro is a community located in southern Ontario , convert 10 km north of Belleville, Ontario Belleville . It is just east of Ontario Highway 62 Highway 62 linking Belleville with Bancroft, Ontario Bancroft , and it has also direct road connections to and from Quinte West Frankford , Stirling Rawdon, Ontario Stirling and Plainfield, Ontario Plainfield via Mudcat Lane. The Moira River runs just east of the community. The village of Foxboro is administratively part of the City of Belleville and the Mayor is Neil Ellis. Nearest places Stirling, Ontario Stirling , northwest distance 12  km Plainfield, Ontario Plainfield , northeast distance about 6  km Belleville, Ontario Belleville , south distance 10  km from the centre Frankford, Ontario Frankford , west distance about 23  km Geography and Information The area around Foxboro are made up of hills, farmlands and forests within the valley and hilly areas. The main industry until the mid 20th century were agriculture, businesses and other industries such as cheese making. The downtown section features a couple of shops on Ashley Street formerly Main Street where Highways 14 and 62 used to pass as well as on North Main Street and Old Madoc Road. The village was originally called Smithville after its founding resident Smith Demorest who built a modern clapboard house in 1810 on the Fifth Concession. The house still stands today at the corner of Main St. and the Fifth Concession. Other Foxboro features a school, churches, banks ATM only and several parks. See also List of communities in Ontario Coord 44 14 46 N 77 26 04 W region CA ON type city notes ref Cite cgndb id FBFFR name Foxboro accessdate November 19, 2010 ref display title References Reflist Category Communities in Hastings County ...   more details



  1. Knowledge Ontario

    ref Our Ontario also works in collaboration with the Southern Ontario Library Service SOLS and Ontario ... Library Federations Federation of Ontario Public Libraries Southern Ontario Library Service Ontario ...Infobox company company name Knowledge Ontario company logo Image Knowledge Ontario logo.gif Knowledge Ontario logo alt Knowledge Ontario logo company type Non Profit industry Information Services foundation ... homepage http knowledgeontario.ca knowledgeontario.ca Knowledge Ontario is a non profit organization supporting a number of related province wide initiatives in Ontario , Canada , providing library ..., locations, education levels and cultural institutions. Knowledge Ontario currently comprises five projects Ask Ontario or AskON , Connect Ontario, Learn Ontario, Our Ontario and Resource Ontario, as well ... Ontario date September 2, 2010 accessdate March 22, 2011 ref ref cite journal url http www.accessola2.com ... Ontario Library Association journal The Teaching Librarian volume 18 issue 1 author Bedard, Diane pages 19 date November 2010 accessdate March 22, 2011 ref History Knowledge Ontario, formerly known as the Ontario ... the Ontario Library Association OLA and provincial stakeholders representing Ontario s public libraries ... of Ontario , ref cite journal url http www.accessola2.com images infocentral ACCESS Spring08 vol14 no3.pdf title Larry Moore Distinguished Service Award Michael Ridley publisher Ontario Library ... ref and in 2004 the Ontario Ministry of Culture provided the organization with an initial grant of 750,000 to further develop project plans. Knowledge Ontario remained an entity under OLA until its incorporation ... Ontario publisher Ontario Library Association journal Access OLA volume 14 issue 3 pages 18 date Spring ... funding from the Ministry of Culture and launched its first three services Our Ontario, Ask Ontario, and Resource Ontario. Since then, Knowledge Ontario has also launched Connect Ontario, Learn Ontario, and the eResources Portal. Awards 2008 Ontario Library Association President s Award for Exceptional ...   more details




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