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The town of Ajax, Ontario in Canada evolved out of the Defence Industries Limited Pickering Works munitions plant built during the World War II, but its history begins much earlier. The indigenous peoples were active in the watersheds of the Duffins Creek and the Carruthers Creek since the Archaic period (7000–1000 BCE), although they did not ...
Ajax (crane barge), a floating crane used to install the Panama Canal locks; Ajax, various ships; Ajax GO Station, a train and bus station in Ajax, Ontario, Canada; Ajax Motors Co., an American carmaker, manufacturer of the Ajax (1914 automobile)
Ajax is a federal electoral district in the Durham Region of Ontario. Ajax was created by the 2012 riding redistribution from the portion of Ajax—Pickering [ 3 ] consisting of the entire town of Ajax, Ontario , and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order.
Pickering Village is a former municipality and now a neighbourhood in the town of Ajax, within the Durham Region of Ontario, Canada. The Pickering Village derives its name from the former Pickering Township, which included the present-day town of Ajax and the city of Pickering. A small portion of the original settlement is now part of the ...
The Ajax Archives was established by town council in 2010. In 2022, the management of the archives was transferred from the Town of Ajax to the Ajax Public Library. [ 1 ] The archives contain a collection of municipal records of permanent value and include photos, documents, and books.
Whitby—Ajax was a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2003, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007. It was located to the east of Toronto, consisting of the Town of Whitby and the part of the Town of Ajax lying to the south of ...
The community eventually evolved into the town of Ajax. [50] [48] Bomb Girls (2012-2013), a Canadian television drama, was based on accounts of workers from the DIL Ajax and the GECO Scarborough plants. In 2016, the town of Ajax hosted a celebratory gala to celebrate the 75th anniversary of DIL Ajax's establishment.
Audley, known as Brown's Corners until 1857, was an unincorporated village in the Pickering Township of Ontario, Canada.In the mid-19th century, it emerged as a stopover for farmers traveling to the Whitby port, and gradually evolved into a village.