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Newmarket's location on the Holland River enabled travel between Lake Ontario and Lake Simcoe.A portage route, the Toronto Carrying-Place Trail, ran one of its two routes up the Holland River through the Newmarket area, and over the Oak Ridges Moraine to the Rouge River and into Lake Ontario.
It replaced the former York County in 1971, and is part of the Greater Toronto Area and the inner ring of the Golden Horseshoe. The regional government is headquartered in Newmarket . As of the 2021 census , York Region's population was 1,173,334, with a growth rate of 5.7% from 2016. [ 1 ]
Metrolinx also purchased a portion of the Newmarket Sub from Union Station to Barrie to operate their Barrie line. The Newmarket Sub, north of Rama, is still owned by CN. [2] The significant amount of traffic on the York Sub led to delays on the Barrie line, backing up at the Snyder diamond.
Markham, Richmond Hill, Aurora, Newmarket, East Gwillimbury, Georgina Continues from Toronto as Don Mills Road at Steeles Avenue and becomes Leslie Street north of John Street. Becomes The Queensway and passes through the centre of Keswick. This section is proposed to be renamed Main Street Keswick in the future.
Detailed map of the Greater Toronto Area in 2022 Rouge National Urban Park is an urban national park in the GTA. It includes parts of the municipalities of Markham, Pickering, Toronto, and Uxbridge. Cheltenham Badlands in Caledon. The Greater Toronto Area covers an area of 7,125 km 2 (2,751 sq mi). [37]
Village Media is a Canadian media company, which operates a number of hyperlocal online news and community websites throughout Ontario. [1]Village Media's news sites focus on providing local stories written by local journalists in the communities that they serve. [2]
The Canadian National rail runs south of Sutton and links with Toronto and Orillia as well as Northern Ontario. Sutton is located E of Keswick, about 25 to 30 km SW of Beaverton, S of Orillia, W of Lindsay, about 12 to 15 km N of Mount Albert, about 70 to 75 km N of Toronto and about 35 km NE of Newmarket.
On September 21 2019, the Canadian Railway Preservation and Restoration Association (CRPRA) expressed their interest in that section of the Newmarket Sub to operate a local tourism train. [4] The CN Newmarket Sub hasn't seen a passenger train on its tracks since the last remaining passenger service, the Northlander, which ended service in 2012. [5]