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About York Region
York Region is centrally located in the southern part of the province of Ontario, Canada. It extends from the northern border of the city of Toronto northwards for about 60 kilometres, to the southern shore of Lake Simcoe, and is about 40 kilometres wide. It encompasses Grid Square FN04, and is home to over 1,000 licensed amateurs.
The region is urban/rural, containing many communities including several small cities of 50,000 to over 100,000 population, but still retaining significant active farmland as well.
The municipalities of Markham, Richmond Hill, Vaughan, Aurora, Newmarket, and King are all here, as well as numerous smaller towns and villages. Diverse manufacturing facilities, including auto parts and leading edge electronics as well as many other light and heavy industries, are surrounded by thousands of acres of productive agricultural land.
Although rapid development is sometimes blurring the character of these places, efforts are underway to preserve many of the century-old buildings and streets. Special efforts have been made to preserve the environmental treasure of the Oak Ridges moraine, a corridor of higher altitude woodlands with striking drumlins that runs through York Region, dotted with lakes and sources of rivers which collect much fresh water for the Greater Toronto Area.
Canada's Wonderland, a world-class theme park in southern York Region owned by Paramount Entertainment, has 150 hectares of everything from roller coasters and wet-water rides to cartoon characters come-to-life and aquatic shows featuring dolphins and sea-lions.
The Lake Simcoe district in the northern part of York Region is a playground for thousands of metropolitan dwellers, offering a relaxing respite from the hubub of urban living, great boating and fishing from spring through fall, and incredible ice fishing during the winter months. Sibbald Point Provincial Park features 200 hectares of prime recreational land on the south shore of Lake Simcoe.
York Region is the home of the music group Glass Tiger, racing car driver Scott Goodyear, figure skating world champion Elvis Stojko, and the famous Olympic Champion show jumping horse, Big Ben, just to name a few.
It's also home to our club, and we hope that if you are visiting the area you will contact us and drop in to see us!
