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81 Industrial Pky N
Aurora,
Ontario
L4G 4C4
Ontario Tourism Region : York, Durham and Hills of Headwaters
Phone : (905) 727-1375
E-Mail : Click Here to E-Mail us
Outside Web Page : http://www.aurorafair.ca
Your Host(s) : Aurora Municipal Department
Description From Owner:
- Enjoy the Fair season throughout Ontario and congratulate the organizers on the hard work and dedication of showcasing rural Ontario.
- Pop. 34,411. In the Reg. Mun. of York on C. Rd. 1, 29 km N of Toronto.
- Settled in 1804 by Richard Machell, and fIrst known as Machell's Corners because Machell acquired the comer ofYonge and Wellington streets. In 1853 the first train to run in Ontario arrived in Aurora from Toronto.
- In 1854 postmaster Charles Doan renamed the community Aurora for the Greek goddess of the dawn.
- A fire in 1886 destroyed much of the town on the west side of Yonge St. Aurora is the home of St. Adrew's College. The two-story white brick pool, built m High Victonan style m 1886, now houses the Aurora Museum.
- From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884
Untitled Document
Map Below gives Canadian Geographical Names
Natural Resources Canada in the Region of York.
Address of this page:
http://www.ruralroutes.com/aurorafair
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Visitors to this page: 6,663
Off the beaten track: |
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Cherry, 3km
Armitage, 4km
Snowball, 4km
Temperanceville, 7km
Eversley, 6km
Wilcox Lake, Richmond Hill area, 6km
White Rose, 5km
Bogarttown, 6km
Glenville, 7km
Wesley Corners, 6km
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Nearby Lakes: |
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St. George Lake, 6km
Wilcox Lake, 6km
Lake Seneca, 6km
Bond Lake, 7km
Haynes Lake, 7km
Philips Lake, 8km
Thompson Lake, 8km
van Nostrand Lake, 7km
Mary Lake, 8km
Simeon Lake, 8km
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