380 Simcoe
Beaverton, Ontario
L0K 1A0

Ontario Tourism Region : York, Durham and Hills of Headwaters

Phone : (705) 426-9692
Your Host(s) : Canada Post

Description From Owner:

• Pop. 1,952. Part of Brock T., Reg. Mun. of Durham, on the E. shore of L. Simcoe at the mouth of the Beaverton R. and C. Rds. 15 & 23, 38 km. SE of Orillia.
• Scottish settlers fIrst arrived in 1822. The community was known as Milltown, Milton, and Beaver River until the Beaverton post office opened in 1836.
• The First Nations Peoples originally referred to the place as Beaver because there were many in the river of the same name.
• St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, known locally as the Old Stone Church, was built from fIeldstone by members of its congregation, starting in 1840. Services were conducted in English and Gaelic.
• From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884

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