Castlemore, Ontario
| Castlemore | |
|---|---|
| neighbourhood | |
| Coordinates: 43°46′56.0″N 79°42′01.5″W / 43.782222°N 79.700417°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| Regional Municipality | Peel |
| City | Brampton |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Forward sortation area | L6P |
| Area code(s) | 905 and 289 |
| NTS Map | 030M13 |
| GNBC Code | FDJWC |
Castlemore is a suburban community that is located 14 km northeast of downtown Brampton and 45 km northwest of Toronto, in Ontario, Canada. It is a neighbourhood of Brampton northwest of Claireville, and also consists of the neighbourhoods of Alloa and Coleraine.
It is an area that has been in active and rapid development since the early 1990s, with large residential developments occurring in the southeastern portion in the 2000s. The area has a number of luxury homes with large 2-acre (8,100 m2) lots - some over 24 m (80 ft).
Castlemore is southwest of Bolton and southeast of Caledon and Orangeville, and west of Woodbridge. It is accessible from Highway 427 via Highway 7, and The Gore and the Highway 407 at the Goreway interchange or at Airport Road interchange.
The West Humber River flows through the western portion of Castlemore.
Geography
Farmlands formerly surrounded the centre of Castlemore, whereas forests are the dominant feature in the Etobicoke Creek and the West Humber River valleys, which include the outlying hills and a conservation area to the south. To the north is more farmland.
Other
Castlemore has a few schools, a high school, a hockey arena, a swimming pool, a library, a post office, plazas, banks and parks. It has numerous residential estates.
History
The larger lots arrived in the 1970s and expanded in the northern portion of Castlemore in the 1980s. Large lots still continued until the 2000s. In 1996, Castlemore was connected with Rutherford, the construction took several months between March and June, in 1997, a road linking Bolton and Highway 7 (then Highway 50) expanded. In 2001, the southwestern portion near Springdale expanded and south of Castlemore since 2002 continues with smaller lots, in 2004.
A portion of the luxury homes are around Alloa. A small industrial building is at Cadetta and in the 2000s added Sears east of Castlemore. In 2004, the Chateaus began between Mayfield and Countryside and Goreway. The luxury homes are between Airport and Goreway and the Gore and Castlemore Road and Mayfield.
References
Coordinates: 43°48′0″N 79°48′0″W / 43.80000°N 79.80000°W
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