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Brighton is a town in Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada, [1] approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi) east of Toronto and 100 km (62 mi) west of Kingston. It is traversed by both Highway 401 and the former Highway 2. The west end of the Murray Canal that leads east to the Bay of Quinte is at the east end of the town.
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The archipelago is rich in biodiversity and culturally significant sites. Protected areas include Broughton Archipelago Conservancy, [4] Broughton Archipelago Provincial Park, Burdwood Group Conservancy, Cormorant Channel Marine Provincial Park, Echo Bay Marine Provincial Park, and Qwiquallaaq/Boat Bay Conservancy. [5]
Brighton is a geographic parish in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada, [2] northeast of Woodstock, extending from the eastern bank of the Saint John River to the York County line. Prior to the 2023 governance reform , for governance purposes it was comprised one town and two local service districts , all of which were members of the Western ...
On July 9, 1930, the Department of Highways, predecessor to the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario, assumed the 32 km (20 mi), [2] gravel-surfaced Brighton–Campbellford Road. [7] Unemployment relief measures carried out in 1931 and 1932 resulted in the construction of Highway 7 between Peterborough and Ottawa . [ 8 ]
The gap to the east, from Highway 28 in Port Hope to Highway 30 in Brighton was opened on July 20 of that year. [91] The gap between Woodstock and Kitchener was completed on November 9, 1961, while the gap between Tilbury and London was completed two lanes at a time; the westbound lanes on October 22, 1963, the eastbound on July 20, 1965. [2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Brighton had a population of 163 living in 71 of its 97 total private dwellings, a change of -13.3% from its 2016 population of 188. With a land area of 2.26 km 2 (0.87 sq mi), it had a population density of 72.1/km 2 (186.8/sq mi) in 2021. [2]
In early spring, Presqu'ile Bay is an important staging area for thousands of migrating waterfowl. The park also includes a large marsh which provides nesting habitat for rails, bitterns and other wetland birds. There are also forested areas and open fields: a wide variety of habitats in a relatively small park.