Rural Routes Ontario - Bowmanville

41 Temperance St.
Bowmanville, Ontario
L1C 3A5

Ontario Tourism Region : York, Durham and Hills of Headwaters

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Pop. 27,594. Part of the Town of Newcastle, Reg. Mun. of Durham, on the N shore of L. Ontario at the mouth of Bowmanville Cr. and Hwy 401 and C. Rds. 2 & 14,67 km. E of Toronto.
The community has a fine (though undeveloped) harbour. The site was settled in 1792 as Barber's Creek, named for early settler Augustus Barber.
The site was settled in 1792 as Barber's Creek, named for early settler Augustus Barber. It was successively known as Port Darlington, Darlington Port, Darlington Mills, Darlington Village and, when the post office opened in 1826, as Darlington.
The name was later changed to Bowmanville after Charles Bowman, who owned all the town lots. He was never a resident and died in Italy in 1848. Bowmanville native Lt.-Col. Charles McCullough is considered the founder of the Canadian Club movement.
(Canadian Clubs are dedicated to fostering throughout Canada an interest in public affairs. The first club was inaugurated in 1893.)

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Off the beaten track:	Gaud Corners, 3km Port Darlington, 3km Maple Grove, Bowmanville area, 3km Salem, Bowmanville area, 5km Darlington Station, 7km Tyrone, 11km Solina, 10km Leskard, 13km Mitchell's Corners, 10km Kirby, 13km Lovekin, 11km Taunton, 12km Harmony, Oshawa area, 12km Lakeview Park, Oshawa area, 12km Clarke, 13km New Park, 17km Cedar Dale, 13km	Burketon Station, 18km Enfield, 17km Crooked Creek, 16km Starkville, 17km North Oshawa, 16km Pontypool, 22km Thorton Woods, 16km Lotus, 24km Port Granby, 18km Burton, Blackstock area, 24km Cadmus, 24km Ballyduff, 25km Mount Carmel, Oshawa area, 20km Purple Hill, Oshawa area, 22km Blackstock, 24km Decker Hollow, 21km Port Whitby, 20km	Manvers, 26km Yelverton, 28km Shirley, 23km Nestleton Station, 27km Zion, Lucknow area, 21km Glamorgan, 25km Elizabethville, 23km Raglan, Oshawa area, 23km Nestleton, 28km Osaca, 23km Wesleyville, 22km West Lynde, 22km Lifford, 31km Williams Point, 30km St. Christopher, 31km Pine Point, Lake Scugog area, 30km
Nearby Lakes:	Mill Pond, 8km Samac Lake, 16km Brown Lake, 24km Fallis Pond, 26km McKinnon Pond, 29km Lake Scugog, 32km Chalk Lake, 31km Best's Pond, 43km Brookdale Pond, 38km Whitevale Pond, 38km Secord's Pond, 41km Lily Lake, 51km Glasgow Pond, 42km Wagner Lake, 47km Goose Lake, 58km Little Lake, 53km Emily Lake, 60km	Sturgeon Lake, 62km Widdifield Pond, 47km Siloam Pond, 47km Chemong Lake, 58km Rice Lake, 50km Lazy Lake, 47km Staley Lake, 47km Mud Lake, 52km Shadow Lake, 49km Windsor Lake, 48km Musselman Lake, 49km Pigeon Lake, 66km Kawartha Lakes, 66km Toogood Pond, 50km Buckhorn Lake, 68km Cameron Lake, 71km Joseph's Lake, 57km	Upper Chemong Lake, 69km Franklin Pond, 56km Goose Lake, 75km Buckley Lake, 67km Balsam Lake, 76km Sandy Lake, 74km Preston Lake, 56km Katchewanooka Lake, 70km van Nostrand Lake, 57km Simeon Lake, 56km Mitchell Lake, 77km Moore Lake, 73km Little Bald Lake, 77km Haynes Lake, 58km Big Bald Lake, 78km Kirkfield Lake, 78km

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