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A portion of the 1678 map that shows 'Tarontos Lac,' now Lake Simcoe. (Submitted) In small lettering in one corner of the map was the name "Lac Tarontos," written on what is now Lake Simcoe.
“We don’t think it’s time to change it, we think it’s time to improve implementation of the Lake Simcoe Protection Plan,” Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition executive director Claire Malcolmson said.
The Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority, together with Ontario Nature, has announced six of its properties, totalling 576 hectares, now contribute towards Canada’s goal of protecting 30 per cent ...
The Ladies of the Lake, a force of about 100 women residents of the Simcoe watershed, are using the $250,000 they raised from the sale of a calendar featuring their tastefully denuded selves to ...
From approximately 1780 to 1820, the indigenous people residing along the Lake Simcoe region were generally of two groups. One group of people under William Yellowhead and Joseph Snake occupied ...
Federal government floats $1M to Lake Simcoe projects benefitting lakeside communities, including Georgina and Bradford Measures focus specifically on promoting sustainable farming practices and ...
The Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority is warning that the warmer weather and rainfall expected Friday could lead to dangerous waterways and potential flooding.
We're ice fishing today on Cook's Bay, Lake Simcoe, fishing for those great perch. It's Feb 1st and we finally got out on the ice this year. We're using the smaller 3/16oz gold and silver ...
Gayle Wood retrieves a map and proudly outlines the mass of watershed the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority, which encompasses Innisfil and Barrie, is entrusted to protect and restore. Maps ...
2:35 Ontario government asks cottage dwellers to hold off on long weekend trips Municipalities surrounding Lake Simcoe in Ontario are discouraging all non-essential travel to the region, including ...
People who live around Lake Simcoe say they're fed up with the unbearable stench of the thousands of carp that have washed up onshore over the past few weeks and want the county to do more.
The development, called Bear Creek Meadows, is located on Lake Simcoe, less than an hour drive north of Toronto. Reids will construct about 200 houses on the site, which is being developed by ...