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Port Hope, Ontario
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- Port Hope, located in the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham, on the shore of Lake Ontario in Hope Township, was informally established in 1819. Previously Port Hope had been known by the name of Smith's Creek, and between 1815 and 1817, the town was also called Toronto. Due to the confusion caused by the use of both names, the name Port Hope, put forth by G.S. Bolton, was settled on in a public meeting in 1819. The name Port Hope was formally confirmed by the Legislature of Upper Canada on March 6, 1834.
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Trent Valley and Canal
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- In 1835, a proposal to build a navigable water route from Lake Ontario to Georgian Bay was submitted to Sir John Colborne, Lieutenant Governor, by civil engineer Nicol Hughe Baird. It was believed that if a link could be established between the many scattered settlements, the population would increase, and new markets would be created. With numerous arguments for and against the building of the Trent Canal, the project was begun, and was to take many separate projects over a period of almost one hundred years to complete. It was not until 1920 that the final link of the canal was completed, and water travel was made possible all the way from Trenton to Port Severn, a distance of 386 km. Although the original purpose of the building of the Canal had been to bring supplies to people living along its waterways, and to provide an outlet for timber, by the time the Canal was completed so many years later, the automobile and better roads and railways had been introduced and the original function of the Canal had changed. It has since become a famous route for recreational travel for thousands of people.
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Cobourg, Ontario
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- Cobourg is located in Hamilton Township, in the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham, on the north shore of Lake Ontario. The area was first settled in 1798 by Elias Nicholson who built his home within the limits of what was to become the town plot. Originally called Amherst, Cobourg has also been known by the names of Hamilton and Hardscrabble. In 1819, the developing town was given the name Cobourg. It was incorporated as a village in 1837 and incorporated as a town in 1850. (taken from
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Quebec
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- The village of Quebec was settled by explorer Samuel de Champlain in 1608. By 1628 the colony had 76 settlers and by 1640 the settlement had grown to approximately 300. Growth of the colony was slow but by 1666 the population had reached approximately 3500 people. Whenever France and England were at war it was reflected between the French and English colonies in the New World. The Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 cut Quebec off from Acadia and other French possessions in the New World. In 1759 the war between the French and English cumulated in the New World at Quebec where General Wolfe and his army defeated the French Marquis de Montcalm and his army on the Plains of Abraham just outside of the city. This was the beginning of the end for New France though the territory that the French occupied would become known as Quebec and the city would retain its name. France eventually lost its possessions in the New World.
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Iqaluit (Frobisher Bay)
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- Frobisher Bay (now called Iqaluit) is named after explorer Martin Frobisher who sailed into Frobisher Bay in search of the northwest passage. Iqaluit is Inuktitut for "place of many fish."
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Lindsay, Ontario
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- The Town of Lindsay is located twenty-seven miles west of Peterborough, on the Scugog River in Ops Township. It is the county town of Victoria County. The Township of Ops was surveyed in 1825 by Colonel Duncan McDonell and Lots 20 and 21 in the 5th Concession were reserved for a town site. The same year settlers began to come to the region and by 1827, the Purdy's, an American family, built a dam on the Scugog River at the site of present-day Lindsay. The following year they built a sawmill and in 1830, a grist mill was constructed. A small village grew up around the mills and it was known as Purdy's Mills. In 1834, surveyor John Huston plotted the designated townsite into streets and lots. During the survey, one of Huston's assistants, Mr. Lindsay, was accidently shot in the leg and died of an infection. He was buried on the river bank and his name and death were recorded on the surveyor's plan. The name Lindsay remained as the name of the town by government approval. Lindsay grew steadily and developed into a lumbering and farming centre. With the arrival of the Lindsay/Port Hope Railway in 1857, the town saw a period of rapid development and industrial growth. On June 19 of the same year, Lindsay was formally incorporated as a town. In 1861, a fire swept through the town and most of Lindsay was detroyed with hundreds of people left homeless. It took many years for Lindsay to recover from this disaster. Today Lindsay is a well established town, situated within an agricultural community. Due to the town's close proximity to several lakes, Lindsay is often referred to as the
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Curve Lake First Nation
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Moose Factory, Ontario
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Kenora, Ontario
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Rainy River, Ontario
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British Columbia
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Keene, Ontario
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Bridgenorth, Ontario
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Brighton, Ontario
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Cavan Township
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Cramahe Township
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Harvey Township
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Marmora, Ontario
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Omemee, Ontario
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Emily Township, Ontario
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Otonabee Township, Ontario
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Township of North Kawartha
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- In 1998, the Townships of Burleigh and Anstruther and the Township of Chandos amalgamated to form the Township of North Kawartha.
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Township of Asphodel
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Saskatchewan
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Oka, Quebec
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