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Toronto-Gore, along with Goreway Drive, might have been named for Sir Francis Gore, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. A more likely derivation is from the shape of the tract or its origin: in surveying, a gore is a triangular piece of land in British usage and a small strip or tract of land lying between larger divisions in US usage.
The Gore District was a historic district in Upper Canada which existed until 1849. It was formed in 1816 from parts of York County in the Home District and parts of the Niagara District. The district town was Hamilton. Two new counties were created: Wentworth; Halton; In 1838, parts of Halton County and parts of Home and Huron Districts were ...
Map of Bramalea-Gore-Malton. Bramalea—Gore—Malton (formerly known as Brampton—Malton and Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale) was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada.
For administrative purposes, Toronto is divided into four districts: Etobicoke-York, North York, Scarborough and Toronto-East York. Map of Toronto including the former municipalities that existed before 1998. The Old Toronto district is, by far, the most populous and densest part of the city.
Gore District Council • Regional council: Southland Regional Council: Otama is a rural community in the Gore District and Southland Region of New Zealand. Education
Wentworth County, area 269,057 acres (1,089 km 2), is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario.. It was created in 1816 as part of the Gore District (1816-1849) in what was then Upper Canada and later Canada West (1841-1867).
The mayor of Gore officiates over the Gore District Council. [3] Prior to local government reorganisation in 1989, the mayor of Gore officiated over the Gore Borough. The current mayor is Ben Bell .
In 1974, when Peel County became the Region of Peel, the township was split in half, with the northern half becoming part of the town of Caledon (previously a smaller township), and the southern half, along with the township of Toronto Gore, joining the Town of Brampton, which was then promoted to a city.