Simcoe, Ontario
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Simcoe is a community of approx. 16,000 people in southwestern Ontario, near Lake Erie, and is the administrative centre (seat) of Norfolk County, Ontario. It is located at the junction of Highway 3, at Highway 24, due south of Brantford, Ontario, and accessible to Hamilton by nearby Highway 6. The town is also located northwest of Nanticoke in Haldimand County.
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[edit] Local history
It was named after the first Lieutenant governor of Upper Canada (Ontario), John Graves Simcoe; The community of Simcoe should not be confused with Simcoe County, located on the north shore of Lake Simcoe, of the many places he is named after in Ontario. People seeking local history can check out the Eva Brook Donly Museum.
Famous people from Simcoe and area include hockey players Rob Blake, Jassen Cullimore, Red Kelly (also coach and politician), and Dwayne Roloson, while musician Rick Danko (The Band) came from nearby Blayney.
[edit] Community events
Simcoe is well known for annual community events including the Friendship Festival, Panorama, and most notably, the Norfolk County Fair and Horse Show, held every October.
[edit] Academia
Simcoe is also well known for its Simcoe Composite School where a new state-of-the-art gymnasium was built, after the old gymnasium was burned in a fire in October 2003. A fully modern Catholic High School is another recent addition to the town. In addition to this, there are also four elementary schools: Elgin Avenue Public School, West Lynn Public School, and Lynndale Heights Public School and one separate school (St. Joseph's). There is also a French Catholic high school called St. Mary's in the community.
[edit] Shopping
There are all types of shopping experiences in Simcoe, from dollar stores, inexpensive strip malls like the White Horse Plaza at the southern end of town, middle-of-the-road department stores and shopping malls like Zellers and the Simcoe Town Centre, and high-end downtown stores like Budds and Rudy Halmo Jewelers. There are also specialty stores such as a British Bakery called Nicholl's Bakery which produces baked goods using recipes from the British Isles.
[edit] Health and medical
There are two free clinics in the town of Simcoe and a general hospital.
[edit] Free clinics in Simcoe
- West Street Clinic - Open M-F from 5:30pm to 8:30pm, Sat. from 10am-2pm.
- Cedar Street Family Medical Clinic
[edit] The former municipality of Simcoe
From the 19th century to early 2000, Simcoe had its own town council and mayor. The people from the town of Simcoe and its immediate outskirts would elect the former Corporation of the Town of Simcoe. Rick Kowalsky was the last mayor of Simcoe before it become part of the Norfolk County single-tier municipality.
This is list of mayors who served the former municipality of Simcoe, Ontario.
Note: the list is not complete
- 1992-2000: Rick Kowalsky
- 195?-1992: Jim Earl
