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Haliburton is a county of Ontario, Canada, known as a tourist and cottage area in Central Ontario for its scenery and for its resident artists. Minden Hills is the county seat. Haliburton County and the village of Haliburton are named after Thomas Chandler Haliburton, author, statesman, and the first chairman of the Canadian Land and Emigration ...
A map of Ontario highlighting Haliburton County: Date: 16 October 2007: Source: Crop and trace of Image:Canada (geolocalisation).svg; trace of Image:Ontario ...
Minden Hospital provides local health needs, with more advance care to the south in Peterborough or to the north-west in Bracebridge, Ontario. Ontario Provincial Police Haliburton Detachment is located in Minden. Fire services is provided by Minden Hills Fire Department and ambulance by Haliburton County Em's, both located along highway 35.
Some of southern Ontario's population retreats to central and northern Ontario "cottage country" for recreation and relaxation during the summer. Haliburton Village and Haliburton County derive their name from the author Thomas Chandler Haliburton, who wrote the popular "Sam Slick" stories in the mid-19th century. Haliburton was chairman of the ...
Drag Lake is a glacial lake in the township of Dysart et al in Haliburton County, Southern Ontario, Canada. [1] The lake is in Great Lakes Basin, and its primary inflow, at the east, and outflow, at the west and controlled by a dam, is the Drag River. Residents of Drag Lake are represented by the Drag and Spruce Lake Property Owners Association ...
Algonquin Highlands is a township located in Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada. It has a population of 2,351. It has a population of 2,351. The northeastern section of the township is included in Algonquin Provincial Park .
Harcourt Park is located in Harcourt Township [6] near the small community of Harcourt, Ontario [3] in Haliburton County.The park is approximately 240 kilometres (150 mi) northeast of Toronto and approximately 250 kilometres (160 mi) west of Ottawa.
Ontario was inhabited by the Tongva people for over 1,000 years. [11] Their country is now known as Tovaangar. The Ontario area was connected to the village of Cucamonga, whose location is not now precisely known. The Spanish Empire's New Spain Portolá expedition found and named the Santa Ana River in 1769. [12] They also explored the ...