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Simcoe County LINX (or simply LINX) is a public transport service managed by Simcoe County and operated by First Student Canada, [3] which is responsible for inter-community regional bus service throughout Simcoe County, connecting rural towns and townships to cities in the county such as Barrie and Orillia.
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 .
Norfolk General Hospital is a general hospital in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada; [1] it is the only one in Norfolk County.The hospital was founded in 1925. [2] It became an official teaching site for McMaster University's Faculty of Health Sciences in 2009. [3]
In 1907, the "McLaughlin Motor Car Company" was founded in Ontario by Samuel McLaughlin. [5] The first year saw the sale of 154 McLaughlin cars. [6]McLaughlin and William C. Durant, respectively the biggest carriage builders in Canada and the United States, contracted for Durant's Buick to supply McLaughlin with power trains for 15 years.
It was decided to call the place Newtown Robinson, for one of the Newtowns in Ireland and in honour of William Benjamin Robinson, who represented Simcoe County in Parliament from 1828 to 1858. [2] At some point in time after 1877, [4] the name was consistently shortened to Newton Robinson. During the 1880s, Newton Robinson was busy because of ...
As of January 3, 2012, fares were reduced to $2 for a ride on the Simcoe service and $6 for a trip to Simcoe along any of the other routes ($5 if the ticket are purchased in bulk). [3] [10] It costs Norfolk County council $80/ride for the buses to operate; meaning that they have subsidized for approximately 75% of the transportation costs. [11]
[citation needed] The CPR's older steamers, SS Alberta, SS Athabaska and SS Manitoba continued to run from Owen Sound until the mid-1930s when the Alberta and Athabaska were withdrawn from service. With an increase in the handling of package freight, these two ships were pressed into freight-only service from Port McNicoll, until the end of the ...
William Alfred Robinson (12 July 1905 – 15 November 1957) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Penetanguishene, Ontario . He studied in Toronto at Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto after which he became a barrister. [ 2 ]