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On his order, Yonge Street was constructed from Lake Ontario to what is now the village of Holland Landing in East Gwillimbury. The areas to the north and east were named East Gwillimbury and North Gwillimbury in honour of Simcoe's wife, Elizabeth Gwillim . [ 4 ]
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Holland Landing is a community in the town of East Gwillimbury, located in the northern part of the Regional Municipality of York, in south-central Ontario, Canada.Its major road is Yonge Street (bypassed by the former Highway 11) and the community has bus service by GO Transit route 68 and York Region Transit route 52 (Monday to Saturday service).
Yonge Street was formerly a part of Highway 11, which led to claims that Yonge Street was the longest street in the world. [33] Running (mostly) concurrent with Yonge as far north as Barrie, then continuing beyond through central and northern Ontario to the Ontario– Minnesota border at Rainy River , the highway was over 1,896 kilometres ...
"Forest Lake Camp for Boys" was opened as a boys-only camp in 1926 by Harold T. Confer, who was the athletic director at Freeport, New York, High School on Long Island. [2] One year before the camp opened, he had bought over 200 acres (0.81 km 2) of land around Forest Lake. In the property were a farmhouse and an inn that are still there to ...
Camp Kunatah: Greater New York Councils: Camp Lee: Camp Loyalty: Camp Merz: Camp Moss: Camp Mountaineer: Camp Nooteeming: Greater Hudson Valley Council: Sold Camp Northern Lights: Camp Onondaga: Camp Osborn: Westchester-Putnam Council: Oscawanna Corners, NY: Closed: The remaining portion of original 56 acres was sold in 1981. Camp Portaferry ...
The original bridge structure itself was replaced by a footbridge a few years later, with the original swing mechanism relocated to one end of the new footbridge. [63] Lock #1 in Holland Landing was used as the foundations for a bridge along a new routing for Yonge Street, lock #2 was likewise used for a bridge on 2nd Concession Road, while ...
Holland is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 3,401 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from the Holland Land Company, the original title-holder to most of the land of Western New York. Holland is one of the "Southtowns" of Erie County, located in the southeast part of the county, and to the southeast of Buffalo.