Udora, Ontario

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Country	Canada
Town of Udora
Udora town sign in the north end on Christmas, 2006
Nickname: u.
Province	Ontario
Municipality	York & Durham
Government
- Mayor Georgina	Jeffrey Holec
- Mayor Uxbridge	Bob Shepherd
- MPP Georgina	Julia Munro (PCO)
- MPP Uxbridge	John O'Toole (PCO
Population (2006)
- Total	510.0
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code	L0C 1L0
Area code(s)	705, 905

Udora is a small rural community in Ontario, Canada. It has a population estimated to be around 500 and is situated in the most north-eastern part of Georgina, split between York Region and Durham Region. The town was originally known as Snoddon Corners and was the location of the Snoddon Hotel. Some of the descendents of the Hotel's namesake still live in Udora. The name "Udora" was thought to have come about when a town meeting was taken place to select a name for the post office in 1862. The chairman asked the people attending for options. He looked at Dora Brethour and asked, "What about you Dora?” Whether or not this is actually true is unknown, but it is what is rumored.

In the 1950’s the Independent Toronto Estonian Women’s Association purchased land in the north-west side of Udora, divided the land into 150 subdivided lots for summer cottages to Estonians in Toronto and named the grounds Jõekääru, which means River Bend in English, beautifully named due to the fact that Pefferlaw River runs through the grounds. Local street names in the grounds are also in the native Estonian. With the cottages also came the Estonian Children's Camp, which is still active to date as an Estonian language immersion camp for part of the summer.

Highway 48 (which links Markham to Port Bolster) lies to the north while Highway 12 linking to Whitby and Orillia, lies to the east. Ravenshoe Road gridlocks with Victoria Road and Durham Regional Road 1. Area code 705 is bounded to the north while the south of Udora is in Area code 905. The Canadian National Railway runs north of Udora, having its nearest train station 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, Ontario.

In the centre of Udora (or downtown) on the main road (Victoria), there is a General Store, where your General Delivered mail can be picked up and Lotto 6/49 purchased along with local homegrown foods. There is also a UPI full serve gas station and convenience store directly next door.

West of Victoria lies the below mentioned Town Hall along with a baseball diamond, playground and basketball / tennis (badminton) court. In the winter, the court also hosts a small skate rink for kids.

1 Local Businesses & Attractions
2 Internet Access
3 Nearest places
4 Community Demographics
5 External links

[edit] Local Businesses & Attractions

Picture of the Udora Hall's back end

The picturesque Udora Community Hall is nestled in the Hamlet of Udora.

Serving our communities since 1974, The Udora Community Hall is judged by many to be one of the most beautiful halls in York and Durham Regions.

With Lake Simcoe and several golf courses a short drive from Udora, the Udora Community hall is an ideal location for wedding receptions, birthday parties, church dinners, new year’s eve bashes, girl guides, district town meetings & election voting poll station, conferences as well as more recently, fair grounds to "Udora Family Fun Day."

To rent this facility please email info@udorahall.ylm.ca

Riverview Dog Systems (Hidden Fence)
Joekääru
Udora/Leaskdale Lions
Leslie's Country Kitchen, 14949 Regional Rd 1 (705-228-8200)
One Two Tree Services
Udora General Store
Udora Market / UPI Gas Bar
Udora has bear attacks annually

[edit] Internet Access

Within the last few years, residents got together and brought wireless broadband in.

The township of Georgina is also slowly bringing in their own extremely affordable broadband solution. Although they have not made their way completely to Udora, you can follow the progress at their website below.