Udora, Ontario

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Udora is a rural community, formerly known as "Snoddon's Corners," and location of the Snoddon Hotel, located south of Pefferlaw and Beaverton as well as Lake Simcoe in Ontario in the eastern part of Georgina near Uxbridge. A small stream is situated north of Udora. Durham 1 passes through the centre of Udora, North/South and Ravenshoe Road East/West. Lake Ridge Road (Durham 23) is to the east of Udora.

In the North/West of Udora are the Estonian Villages (Joekaaru and Kivioja), founded by the Estonian Community in Toronto as a cottage area in the 1950's. Local street names in that village are also in that language. With the cottages also came the Estonian Children's Camp (Joekaaru), which is still active to date as an Estonian language immersion camp for part of the summer.

Highway 48 lies to the north and the highway linking Whitby and Orillia (Highway 12 lies to the east. Area code 705 is bounded to the north while the south of Udora is in Area code 905. The Canadian National rail runs north of Udora, its nearest train station is in Pefferlaw. Udora is located about 10 km South of Port Bolster, at Lake Simcoe. About 20 km S/E of Sutton, about 25 to 30 km SW of Beaverton and Orillia, W of Lindsay, N of Uxbridge, about 50 km N of Whitby, about 80 km N of Toronto and NE of Newmarket.

In the centre of town on the main road there is a General Store and a competitor called Jug City. To the west is a park that has a baseball diamond, along with the town hall.

[edit] Nearest places

Pefferlaw, north
Sunderland, east
Leaskdale, immediately south
Uxbridge, 16km south
Zephyr, southwest
Sutton, west

[edit] Geography and Information

Population: about 1,000 (2001)
Area: -
density: -
Location:
Altitude: about 200 to 250 m
- Latitude: about 44.3 (44°18') N
- Longitude: about 79.1 (79°6') W
Area code: +(00)1-705,
Name of inhabitants: - sing., -s pl.
Postal code: --->L0C-1L0

Udora is situated between a forest and a farmland setting. The residential and commercial buildings are within Udora. Other residential areas and cottages are located closer to Lake Simcoe towards the north. Farmland covers the south and east while forests that connect with Pefferlaw and Sutton filled that are mainly made up of pine and other varieties of trees lie to the west and north and cover about 25 to 30% of the area around Udora.