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1740 Kingston
Ajax,
Ontario
L1T 4V6
Ontario Tourism Region : York, Durham and Hills of Headwaters
Phone : (905) 683-3812
Description From Owner:
- Pop. 63,552. In Reg. Mun. of Durham on Hwy 401 and C. Rd. 2, 37 Ian E of Toronto.
- Began as a shell-filling factory in 1941 when 3,000 acres (1,215 ha) of farmland were turned into a munitions plant to supply the Canadian Armed Forces.
- The community was named after one of three British cruisers that scuttled the German battleship Graf Spee off Montevideo, Uruguay.
- After the Second World War, Ajax became a temporary campus of the University of Toronto.
- At its peak, more than 3,300 students were enrolled in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering.
- In 1949 the university withdrew and the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation established Canada's first fully planned community.
- 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 Durham Region.
Address of this page:
http://www.ruralroutes.com/ajax
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Visitors to this page: 3,176
Off the beaten track: |
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Pickering Village, 1km
Riverside, Ajax area, 2km
Squires Beach, 4km
Glen Grove, 3km
Deckers Hill, 4km
Fairport, 4km
Liverpool, 4km
Pickering Beach, 4km
Brock Road, 5km
Audley, 6km
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Nearby Lakes: |
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Whitevale Pond, 11km
Chalk Lake, 19km
Samac Lake, 16km
Secord's Pond, 22km
Glasgow Pond, 21km
Brookdale Pond, 27km
Toogood Pond, 22km
Staley Lake, 27km
Lazy Lake, 27km
Windsor Lake, 27km
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