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2. Strawberry Island (Lake Simcoe) - Wikipedia

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   Strawberry Island is a 25-acre lake island in Lake Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. It used to be owned and operated by the Roman Catholic Congregation of St. Basil as a place of retreat. Pope John Paul II spent four days on the island in 2002. It is about a two hour drive north of Toronto.

3. Lake Simcoe - Wikipedia

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   Lake Simcoe's name was given by John Graves Simcoe in 1793 in memory of his father, Captain John Simcoe. Captain Simcoe was born on 28 November 1710, in Staindrop, in County Durham, northeast England, and served as an officer in the Royal Navy, dying of pneumonia aboard his ship, HMS Pembroke, on 15 May 1759.

4. Keswick, Ontario - Wikipedia

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   Keswick (/ ˈ k ɛ z w ɪ k /) is a community located in the Canadian province of Ontario.Situated in Cook's Bay on Lake Simcoe, 72 km (45 mi) north of Toronto.Keswick is part of the Township of Georgina, the northernmost municipality in the Regional Municipality of York.

5. Allandale Waterfront GO Station - Wikipedia

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   Allandale Waterfront GO Station [1] [2] is a train and bus station serving as the northern terminus of GO Transit's Barrie line. The station was built just south of Allandale Station, a historic train station that occupies a large property on the southern shore of Kempenfelt Bay ( Lake Simcoe ) in the waterfront area of Barrie , Ontario , Canada.

6. Bradford West Gwillimbury - Wikipedia

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   The Holland River flows through the middle of the southernmost Holland Marsh polder and eventually flows out to Lake Simcoe. Geographically, the area is north of the Oak Ridges Moraine . Bradford West Gwillimbury consists of the town of Bradford and the former Township of West Gwillimbury, and includes the communities of Bond Head, Coulson's ...

7. Cook's Bay (Ontario) - Wikipedia

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   Cook's Bay is the southernmost bay of Lake Simcoe in Ontario, Canada. Most of the southern part of the bay is within the jurisdiction of Georgina, a town in the Regional Municipality of York. Its western end is in Simcoe County, and a small portion from the mouth of the Holland River to the Simcoe County border is within Bradford West Gwillimbury.

8. Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority - Wikipedia

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   The Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority is a conservation authority established in 1951, and is among the oldest in the Canadian province of Ontario.. The LSRCA is responsible for the waters, wildlife, and plants within the Lake Simcoe watershed, and has expanded and upgraded its reach and conservation areas several times in the past, gradually assuming control of the Lake Simcoe ...

9. Snake Island (Lake Simcoe) - Wikipedia

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   Snake Island is a lake island located in Lake Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. After the War of 1812, these islands, along with Fox Island and Georgina Island were purchased by Chief Joseph Snake (a member of the Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation) from the British. The islands used to be headquarters to his father Chief Renatus Snake. [1]