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Timanfaya National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional de Timanfaya) is a Spanish national park in the southwestern part of the island of Lanzarote, in the Canary Islands. It covers parts of the municipalities Tinajo and Yaiza. The area is 51.07 square kilometres (19.72 sq mi), [1] and the parkland is entirely made up of volcanic soil.
The Earth Rangers Centre is situated about 500 m south of the Visitor Centre. The facility was used as the location of the Somafree Institute in David Cronenberg's film The Brood (1979). The facility is named after Francis Kortright (1887–1972), an engineer, businessman, author and dedicated conservationist.
The Loyal True Blue and Orange Home orphanage in Richmond Hill, Ontario, on March 24, 1925, by John Boyd Sr. The Loyal True Blue and Orange Home is a Colonial Revival architecture building in Richmond Hill, Ontario, a city north of Toronto. It has served a variety of purposes over the years, including an orphanage, school, and centre for mental ...
Richmond Hill (2021 population: 202,022) [2] is a city in south-central York Region, Ontario, Canada.Part of the Greater Toronto Area, it is the York Region's third most populous municipality and the 27th most populous municipality in Canada.
The Regional Municipality of York, also called York Region, is a regional municipality in Southern Ontario, Canada, between Lake Simcoe and Toronto.The region was established after the passing of then Bill 102, An Act to Establish The Regional Municipality of York, in 1970.
Lake St. George is a kettle lake in Richmond Hill, Ontario and now located in the conservation area managed by the Toronto Region Conservation Authority (TRCA). The lake is named for Henri St. George, French-born son of French Royalist, and one-time settler in Upper Canada Quetton St. George. Henri St. George settled in Upper Canada in 1847 and ...
In the 2003 Ontario provincial election the Liberal party promised to halt development on the Oak Ridges Moraine, specifically in Richmond Hill. Previously protected land around Bond Lake along Old Colony Road, directly to the east of Yonge St. has had its protected land status removed by the Richmond Hill Town Council in 2008 and development ...
Gormley is a hamlet in York Region, Ontario, Canada that overlaps parts of Richmond Hill, and Whitchurch–Stouffville, two municipalities within the Greater Toronto Area. It was divided into two parts due to the construction of Highway 404.