Musselman Lake, Ontario

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Musselman Lake is a community and a small kettle lake located about 6 km northnorthwest of Stouffville. It is also a suburb of Toronto and may be reached by Highway 48 linking Toronto and Beaverton. Highway 404, a limited-access 400-Series Highway 9 km west of Musselman Lake and which first opened in the early 1980s, is reached by Aurora Road. Two lakes are located in the centre of the community and the larger is Musselman Lake. The main streets are Vandorf Sideroad and Bloomington Road to the south. Musselman Lake feeds a small tributary to the East Holland River, which flows to the west.

Contents 1 Nearest places 2 Geography 3 History 4 External links 4.1 Map and aerial photos

[edit] Nearest places

• Aurora, westnorthwest
• Mount Albert, north
• Uxbridge, northeast
• Goodwood, east
• Stouffville, southsoutheast

[edit] Geography

• Population: about 2,000
• Area: -
• density: -
• Location:
  • Latitude: 44.03°N
  • Longitude: 79.27°W
• Area code: +1-905
• Name of inhabitants: -
• Postal code: - L4A ***

Musselman Lake is part of the Oak Ridges Moraine, with much of the area forested and the moraine dividing the Lake Ontario and Lake Simcoe basins itself divided at Musselman Lake. Residential areas are around the two lakes and on a few other large lots within Musselman Lake. Pine trees dominate much of the area along with a couple of hills. Farmland covers the rest of the northeastern portion of Whitchurch-Stouffville. Creeks and streams are also characteristic of the area. Sand and gravel mining is widespread to the south and east of Musselman Lake. Musselman Lake has several mining areas and quarries. The mining industry began in the 1950s and continues through the present. In the early 2000s, a building whose construction was already under way had it halted for good to protect the moraine.

[edit] History

The 1950s and the 1960s saw housing developments around Musselman Lake.

[edit] External links

[edit] Map and aerial photos

• Street map from Mapquest, MapPoint or Google
• Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver or Google
• Musselman's Lake Weather Station
• Coordinates: 44°1′51″N, 79°16′22″W

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