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Markham (Greater Toronto Area, L3P 3J4)
1. City of Markham (Lower Tier York) Your Host(s): Municipal Administration, Phone: (905) 477-7000 - Leave a Public Review
2. Markham Fair (Markham & East York Agricultural Society) Your Host(s): Markham and East York Agricultural Society, Phone: (905) 642-3247 FAX: (905) 640-8458 - Leave a Public Review
Welcome to the Markham Fair! Always the Weekend Before Thanksgiving!
  3. Buttonville Your Host(s): Canada Post Markham, Phone: (905) 479-0403 - Leave a Public Review
Pop. 200. Part of the Town of Markham, Reg. Mun. of York on C. Rd. 8,2 km N ofHwy 7, 18 km NE of Toronto.
  4. Elgin Mills Your Host(s): Canada Post Markham, Phone: (905) 294-1451 Public Reviews (1) - Leave a Public Review
Pop. 781. Part of the Town of Richmond Hill, Reg. Mun. of York on C. Rd. 1,24 km N of Toronto.
  5. Green River Your Host(s): Canada Post Markham, Phone: (905) 294-1451 Public Reviews (6) - Leave a Public Review
Pop. 115. In the Town of Pickering, Durham Reg. on Duffms Cr. and C. Rd. 31, just S of Hwy 7, 14 km. NE of Pickering.
  6. Ann's Fabrics & Sewing Centre (Stouffville, 11km) , Phone: (905) 640-5635 - Leave a Public Review
  7. Ballantrae (Stouffville, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post, Phone: (905) 640-2466 - Leave a Public Review
Pop. 165. In Whitchurch-Stouffville, York Reg. on Hwy48, 13 km. NE of Aurora. In 1858 the community was named after Ballintra in County Donegal, Ireland.
  8. John Lord's Books (Stouffville, 11km) , Phone: (905) 640-3579 - Leave a Public Review
  9. Milliken (Stouffville, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post Stouffville, Phone: (905) 640-2466 - Leave a Public Review
Pop. 509. Part of the Town of Markham in the Reg. Mun. of York, 16 km. NE ofToronto. The post office was established in 1858 and named Milliken after early settler Norman Milliken.
  10. Musselman's Lake (Stouffville, 11km) Your Host(s): Stouffville Post Office, Phone: (905) 640-2466 - Leave a Public Review
In Whitchurch T, Reg. Mun. of York on C. Rd. 69, 27 km NE of Toronto. Named for the Musselman family.
  11. Reid's Consignment Shop (Stouffville, 11km) , Phone: (905) 642-9864 - Leave a Public Review
  12. Stouffville (Stouffville, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post Stouffville, Phone: (905) 640-2466 - Leave a Public Review
Pop. 12,884. In Markham and Whitchurch Ts., Reg. Mun. of York, on Duffin’s Cr. and C. Rds. 14 & 30, 45 km NE of Toronto.
  13. Stouffville Country Market (Stouffville, 11km) Your Host(s): Manager - Gary Rouse, Phone: (905) 640-3813 FAX: (905) 640-3873 - Leave a Public Review
2 ATM machines on premises.
14. Town of Whitechurch-Stouffville (Lower Tier York) (Stouffville, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post Stouffville, Phone: (905) 640-2466 - Leave a Public Review
Pop. 18,642. A town in the Reg. Mun. of York created in 1971 by regional government by the incorporation of parts of Whitchurch T. and Markham T. and the Village of Stouffville.
  15. Whitevale (Whitevale, 8km) Your Host(s): Whitevale Golf Club, Phone: (905) 294-9600 Public Reviews (1) - Leave a Public Review
Pop. 273. Part of the Town of Pickering, Reg. Mun. of Durham, 1 km S ofHwy 407 on C. Rd. 27. 11 km NW of Pickering. The post office opened in 1861 and was named after early settler Trueman White, who built the first mill.
  16. Scarborough (Scarborough, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post Scarborough, Phone: (416) 299-4577 - Leave a Public Review
Pop. 485,204. On L. Ontario, one of the five cities and one borough that comprise the Mun. of Metropolitan Toronto, which covers 400 square km. (154.4 sq. mi).
17. Gormley (Gormley, 12km) Your Host(s): Gormley Corner Store, Phone: (905) 887-5728 - Leave a Public Review
Pop. 178. In Markham T., Reg. Mun. of York on C. Rd. 41,1 km E of Hwy 404, 15 km. N of Toronto.
  18. Cherrywood (Pickering, 11km) Your Host(s): Pickering Post Office, Phone: (905) 683-3812 - Leave a Public Review
Part of the Town of Pickering, Reg. Mun. of Pickering on C. Rd. 27,8 km NW of Pickering. The name was suggested in 1875 by Irish immigrant James McCreight.
19. City of Pickering (Lower Tier Durham) (Pickering, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post Pickering, Phone: (905) 683-3812 - Leave a Public Review
Pop. 76,440. Town in Reg. Mun. of Durham created by regional goverment in 1974.
20. Fairport Beach (Historical Post Office) (Pickering, 11km) Your Host(s): Pickering Post Office, Toll Free Phone: (866) 607-6301 - Leave a Public Review
  21. Pickering Village (Pickering, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post Pickering, Phone: (905) 683-3812 - Leave a Public Review
Pop. 3,350. In the Town of Pickering, Reg. Mun. of Durham, on Duffin's Cr., 5 km from Pickering Harbour and C. Rd. 2, 35 km E. of Toronto.
  22. Brougham (Brougham, 13km) Your Host(s): Brougham Hardware, Phone: (905) 683-1450 - Leave a Public Review
Pop. 300. Part ofthe Town of Pickering, Reg. Mun. of Durham, at the headwaters ofDuffm's Cr. on Hwy 7 and C. Rd. 1, 10 km NW of Pickering.
  23. Balsam (Claremont, 15km) Your Host(s): Claremont General Store, Toll Free Phone: (866) 607-6301 - Leave a Public Review
Part of the Town of Pickering in the Reg. Mun. OfDurharn, 9 km NW of Oshawa.
  24. Claremont (Claremont, 15km) Your Host(s): Claremont Public Library, Phone: (905) 649-3341 - Leave a Public Review
Pop. 620. Part of the Town of Pickering, Reg. Mun. of Durham, on C. Rds. 1 & 5, 46 km. NE of Toronto.
  25. Claremont Gingerbread Co. (Claremont, 15km) , Toll Free Phone: (877) 838-0888 - Leave a Public Review
  26. Coppins Corners (Goodwood, 18km) Your Host(s): Richters Herbs Ltd., Phone: (905) 640-6677 - Leave a Public Review
Pop. 167 In Uxbridge T., Reg. Mun. of Durham on C. Rds. 21 & 47,25 km NE of Metropolitan Toronto.
  27. Goodwood (Goodwood, 18km) Your Host(s): Richters Herbs Ltd., Phone: (905) 640-6677 - Leave a Public Review
Pop. 374. In Uxbridge T., Reg. Mun. of Durham, on C. Rds. 1 & 21,39 km. NW of Whitby.
  28. Concord (Thornhill, 15km) Your Host(s): Canada Post Thornhill, Phone: (905) 764-7268 - Leave a Public Review
Pop. 500. In the city of Vaughan, York Region, on C. Rds. 6 & 7,just N of Toronto. The post office opened in 1854, and the first postmaster, John Duncan, named the place Concord -- because the citizens couldn't agree on a name.
  29. Richvale (Thornhill, 15km) Your Host(s): Canada Post Thornhill, Phone: (905) 764-7268 - Leave a Public Review
Pop. 3,392. Part of the Town of Richmond Hill in the Reg. Mun. of York on C. Rds. 1 & 73, 16 km. N of Toronto.
  30. Thornhill (Thornhill, 15km) Your Host(s): Canada Post Thornhill, Phone: (905) 764-7268 Public Reviews (1) - Leave a Public Review
Pop. 19,000. In Reg. Mun. of York, 8 km. N of Toronto. In 1792, Lt.-Gov. John Graves Simcoe planned a road to link York (now Toronto) on L. Ontario with L. Simcoe, about 45 km north.
31. Bedford Park Historical Post Office (Toronto, 17km) Your Host(s): Canada Post Teddington Park, Phone: (416) 483-7878 - Leave a Public Review
  32. Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, 17km) , Phone: (416) 263-3835 FAX: (416) 263-3838 - Leave a Public Review
Enjoy the Fair season throughout Ontario and congratulate the organizers on the hard work and dedication of showcasing rural Ontario.
33. City of Toronto (Single Tier Toronto) (Toronto, 17km) Your Host(s): Canada Post Toronto, Phone: (416) 413-4815 - Leave a Public Review
Postcards above used with permission from A Great Lakes Treasury of Old Postcards 2007 Lorenzo Marcolin, MD 176 pp. For Copies call the Huronia Museum 705 526 2844 or email lmarcolin@aol.com
34. City of Vaughan (Lower Tier York) (Toronto, 17km) Your Host(s): Canada Post Toronto, Phone: (416) 749-3877 - Leave a Public Review
Pop. 129,019. A town in the Reg. Mun. of York on the HumberR., formed in 1971 by regional government.
  35. Etobicoke (Toronto, 17km) Your Host(s): Canada Post Toronto, Phone: (416) 231-3320 - Leave a Public Review
Pop. 295,215. In the Mun. of Metropolitan Toronto on the Humber R. and L. Ontario on the W side of Toronto.
36. Leaside (Historical Post Office) (Toronto, 17km) Your Host(s): Canada Post, Toll Free Phone: (866) 607-6301 - Leave a Public Review
  37. North York (Toronto, 17km) Your Host(s): Deltera Library‎, Phone: (416) 226-5149 - Leave a Public Review
Pop. 541,796. A city within Metropolitan Toronto, formerly a borough of Metropolitan Toronto.
  38. ROYAL LEPAGE Terrequity Realty Meirion Jones (Toronto, 17km) , Phone: (705) 653-8695 - Leave a Public Review
  39. The Royal Winter Fair (Toronto, 17km) , Phone: (416) 263-3400 - Leave a Public Review
Enjoy the Fair season throughout Ontario and congratulate the organizers on the hard work and dedication of showcasing rural Ontario.
  40. Langstaff (Richmond Hill, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post Richmond Hill, Phone: (905) 508-4709 - Leave a Public Review
Pop. 1,095. Part of the Towns of Vaughan and Markham, Reg. Mun. of York on Hwy 407 and C. Rds. 1 & 7. Named after John Langstaff of Amboy, NJ, who settled in 1808 and was the first teacher in the local school.