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Picton is an unincorporated community located in Prince Edward County in southeastern Ontario, roughly 160 km (99 mi) east of Toronto. [2] It is the county's largest community and former seat located at the southwestern end of Picton Bay, a branch of the Bay of Quinte , which is along the northern shoreline of Lake Ontario . [ 3 ]
Sandbanks Provincial Park is a provincial park located on Lake Ontario in Prince Edward County near Picton, Ontario, Canada. The park is considered one of the best sandy beaches in Ontario and contains the largest bay-mouth barrier dune formation in the world. The 1,550.87-hectare (3,832.3-acre) park was established in 1970 and operates year round.
Picton Airport (TC LID: CNT7) is located on the southeast side of Picton, Ontario, Canada, near the Bay of Quinte on Lake Ontario. The airport is used for general aviation, including glider flying. The runway is also used for competitive, amateur automobile racing events such as arm-drop drag races [2] and autocross with the St Lawrence ...
Canadian Forces Base Picton (CFB Picton) was a military installation located in Picton, Ontario. The base was active from the Second World War to 1969 and served the Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and Canadian Army. Today, the site functions as the Picton Airport. [2] [3]
In 2018, Picton Terminals pled guilty and was subsequently fined $27,500 for contravening the Environmental Protection Act in Picton's provincial offences court. The plea resulted from a 2016 discharge of petroleum coke (petcoke) which Terminals was stockpiling on White Chapel Road. Petcoke dust, considered by the U.S. Environmental Protection ...
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Sophiasburgh is an historic township in southern Ontario, Canada, one of the three original townships that formed Prince Edward County. [1] [2] [3] The other two townships were Ameliasburgh and Marysburgh. [3] It was named in 1798 after Princess Sophia, the fifth daughter of George III. The township was amalgamated into the Corporation of the ...
Glenora, Ontario and Glenora Ferry. Glenora is a rural area located directly east of Picton, Ontario in the municipality of Prince Edward County. It serves as the western terminus of the Glenora Ferry, which connects the two shores between Glenora and Adolphustown as part of the Loyalist Parkway (Ontario Highway 33). [1] [2]