Simcoe County Online Directory

The Ship's Company of Penetanguishene

2 Main Street
Penetanguishene, ON

The Ship's Company of Penetanguishene is a group of volunteer Marine Heritage enthusiasts dedicated to preserving traditional seamanship skills a ...
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Banting Homestead Heritage Park

5116 Sir Frederick Banting Road
Alliston, ON
L9R 1V2
(705) 435-0111

The Banting Homestead Heritage Park is the birthplace of Sir Frederick Banting, co-discoverer of insulin and Canada's first Nobel Laureate. The 1 ...
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S.S. Keewatin

311 Talbot St.
Port McNicoll, ON
L0K 1R0
(705) 534-3767

The S.S. Keewatin is a passenger liner that sailed between Port McNicoll on Georgian Bay and what is now Thunder Bay on Lake Superior. Built in G ...
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Edenvale Aviation Heritage Foundation

5195 highway 26
Stayner, ON
l0m1s0
(705) 428-3112

EAHF is a not-profit charitable organization dedicated to telling the story of aviation, both civil and military in Canada.

From the JN-4 Jenn ...
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The Ayling And Reid Flight

Mosley Street
Wasaga Beach, ON

On 8 August 1934 J.R. Ayling and L.G. Reid, flying "The Trail of the Caribou" A twin-engined biplane, the DeHaviland "Dragon," took off from the ...
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The Associated Country Women Of The World

On the southeast corner of St. Paul Street
Collingwood, ON

A non-political international women's organization, the Associated Country Women of the World was formed largely through the efforts of Collingwo ...
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Steamboating On Lake Simcoe

Near the breakwater at the west end of a park
Barrie, ON

The "Sir John Colborne", launched in 1832, was the first of many steamboats on Lake Simcoe. A link in the land-water transportation route connect ...
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Steamboat J.C. Morrison

Kempenfelt Bay
Barrie, ON

Named in honor of Joseph C. Morrison, Esq. President of the Ontario, Simcoe & Huron Railroad Union Company, this sidewheel paddle vessell was bui ...
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Portals to Huronia

Hwy 93
Penetanguishene, ON

In this historic heart of historic Huronia Champlain in 1612 here inaugurated the concept of a Canada reaching from Penetanguishene to the old ci ...
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Peter White J.P.

Vespra
Springwater, ON

Pioneer farmer and religious leader, a native of Cornwall England, who settled on Lot 26, Concession 1, Vespra in 1819, (which location became kn ...
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Ontario's First Quarry

Port McNicoll
Tay, ON

Although Port McNicoll was not founded until 1912 as the Eastern terminus of the C.P.R. Upper Lakes Steamships, its limestone was quarried in 163 ...
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Old Coldwater Road Plaque

9289 Highway 12
Warminster, ON
L0K 2G0

This highway follows much the same route as the ancient Indian portage from the Narrows (Orillia) to Coldwater, the major east-west trail between ...
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Midhurst Plaque / Midhust Pioneer Cairn

Springwater Park
Springwater, ON

Erected to mark the first saw and grist mill on Willow Creek built about 1825. Also located here were four other mills, a soap factory, a distill ...
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Locomotive 1531

Simcoe County Museum
Springwater, ON

In Memory of William Huckett No. 1 Engineer, John Harvie No. 1 Conductor, and all railwaymen who served the O.S. & L.H.R.R. and its successors.
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Jack (John Moor) Brewis

1071 Line 2 South
Oro-Medonte, ON
L0L 2L0

Jack Brewis emigrated from England in 1923 and was captivated by the gold rush in Northern Ontario. He began learning the trade by working as a m ...
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Historic Hawkestone (Hodges Landing)

372 Line 11 South
Oro-Medonte, ON
L0L 1T0

First Nation Indians had long established encampments and trails on the bank of this creek, the Ridge Road, and throughout the Township. In the 1 ...
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Harbourlands Walk of History

Waterfront
Collingwood, ON

Ships built at the Collingwood Shipyards were christened bearing unique names and hull numbers permanently affixed on hull plates to the wheel of ...
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Essa's First Settlers

Concessions 8 & 9
Essa, ON

In 1826 George Dinwoody and his wife, the Thomas Duff family and Samuel McClain, all from County Monaghan, Ireland, walked from York via Yonge St ...
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Discovery Harbour

93 Jury Drive
Penetanguishene, ON
L9M 1G1
(705) 549-8064

Discovery Harbour is a picturesque waterside historic site situated on beautiful Penetanguishene Bay. The site tells the story of the original B ...
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Martyrs' Shrine

16163 Highway 12 East
Midland, ON
L4R 4K6
(705) 526-3788

In Ontario, Canada, just east of Midland, on Highway 12, twin spires rising above the treeline welcome visitors to historic Martyrs' Shrine. The ...
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Sainte-Marie among the Hurons

16164 Highway 12
Tay, ON
L4R 4K8
(705) 526-7838

Founded by the Jesuits in 1639, Sainte-Marie was designed as a central residence for the mission to the Wendat (Huron) peoples. For a decade Sain ...
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Nancy Island Historic Site

11 22nd Street North
Wasaga Beach, ON
L9Z 2V9

Nancy Island Historic Site has served as a historic site since 1928 and is the most viable site to the War of 1812 in Simcoe County and the Georg ...
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Simcoe County Archives

1149 Highway 26
Minesing, ON
L0L 1Y2
(705) 726-9331

Simcoe County Archives, Ontario's first County archives, was established in 1966. Since then, it has grown into an 18,000 square foot facility st ...
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The Scotch Settlement 1819

3380 6th Line
Bradford West Gwillimbury, ON

In 1815 some 140 Highland Scots from Lord Selkirk's Red River Settlement, disheartened by crop failures and the opposition of the North West Comp ...
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Sir William Osler 1849-1919

2892 Road 27
Bradford West Gwillimbury, ON

The famous physician and author, son of the Reverend Featherstone Osler, was born July12, 1849 in the Anglican rectory near Bond Head. Here he li ...
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