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Orillia. / 44.60417°N 79.42389°W / 44.60417; -79.42389. Orillia ( / əˈrɪliə /) [6] is a city in Ontario, Canada, about 30 km (18 mi) north-east of Barrie in Simcoe County. It is located at the confluence of Lake Couchiching and Lake Simcoe. Although it is geographically located within Simcoe County, the city is a single-tier ...
In 1895, the Association changed its name to the Orillia Public Library. Library membership was fee-based, and before 1911 there were around 300 members. In March 1909, the Orillia Times newspaper began to publish debates and opinion pieces regarding applying for a Carnegie library grant. The grant would allow for the Orillia Public Library to ...
The Huronia Regional Centre (previously the Ontario Hospital School, Orillia, and initially the Orillia Asylum for Idiots) was an institution for developmentally disabled people operated by the government of Ontario, Canada between 1876 and 2009.
154 km 2 (59 sq mi) Established. 1987. Visitors. 460,435 (in 2022–23 [1]) Governing body. Parks Canada. Bruce Peninsula National Park is a national park on the Bruce Peninsula in Ontario, Canada. Located on a part of the Niagara Escarpment, the park comprises 156 square kilometres and is one of the largest protected areas in southern Ontario ...
The First Nation's main reserve, the 908.4 hectares (2,245 acres) Mnjikaning First Nation 32 Indian Reserve, is located approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) northeast of Orillia, Ontario. Rama First Nation is geographically located within the Township of Ramara, but functions separately.
Orillia City Council vacated in 1997 and Orillia Opera became the sole tenant in the building. Gordon Lightfoot Auditorium. The 700 seat auditorium served as a movie house from the 1920s to the late 1950s. In October, 1997, it was renamed in honour of local legend Gordon Lightfoot who had performed there since he was a child.
Northern Ontario is a primary geographic and quasi-administrative region of the Canadian province of Ontario, the other primary region being Southern Ontario.Most of the core geographic region is located on part of the Superior Geological Province of the Canadian Shield, a vast rocky plateau located mainly north of Lake Huron (including Georgian Bay), the French River, Lake Nipissing, and the ...
Tudhope Building is a multi-use building with western wing home to Orillia City Council since 1997 [1] while the eastern wing is used as condominiums and as a satellite location for Lakehead University. [2] From 1909 to 1990s it was a manufacturing facility. The building is named for James Brockett Tudhope, who founded the Tudhope Motor Company ...