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Simcoe is an unincorporated community and former town in Southwestern Ontario, Canada near Lake Erie.It is the county seat and largest community of Norfolk County. [1] Simcoe is at the junction of Highway 3, at Highway 24, due south of Brantford, and accessible to Hamilton by nearby Highway 6.
The South Simcoe Railway is a steam heritage railway in Tottenham, Ontario, Canada. [1] Founded in 1992, the railway operates scenic rail excursions in the Beeton Creek valley of southern Ontario. It is the oldest operating steam heritage railway in Ontario and has the second-oldest operating steam locomotive in Canada. [2]
The dividing line between these two areas is Simcoe County Road 90 (Mill St.). South Simcoe municipalities are situated at the northern boundary of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and therefore generally have a closer socio-economic association with the GTA. South Simcoe is also within the Toronto commuter belt as it is home to a relatively high ...
Simcoe is the administrative centre of Norfolk County, with a population of 16,000 making it Norfolk's largest community. Simcoe is located at the junction of Highway 3, at Highway 24, due south of Brantford, Ontario, and accessible to Hamilton by nearby Highway 6. The town is northwest of Nanticoke in Haldimand County.
Lake Simcoe is a lake in southern Ontario, Canada, the fourth-largest lake wholly within the province, after Lake Nipigon, Lac Seul, and Lake Nipissing. [7] At the time of the first European contact in the 17th century, the lake was called Ouentironk ("Beautiful Water") by the native Wendat/Ouendat (Huron) people.
Simcoe South was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1925, and from 1979 to 1988. It was located north of Toronto in the province of Ontario . It was initially created by the British North America Act of 1867 when the County of Simcoe was divided into two ridings, to be called the South and ...
Simcoe, Ontario, a town in southwestern Ontario, near Lake Erie, Canada; Simcoe County, a county in central Ontario, Canada; Lake Simcoe, a lake in central Ontario, Canada; Simcoe North (federal electoral district), a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada; Former federal electoral districts in the province of Ontario, Canada:
South Simcoe Police Service is a municipal police force in Ontario, Canada, providing service to the municipalities of Innisfil and Bradford West Gwillimbury. It came into existence on January 1, 1997, through the amalgamation of the Innisfil Police Service and Bradford West Gwillimbury Police Service. [1]