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Simcoe is an unincorporated community and former town in Southwestern Ontario, Canada near Lake Erie. It is the county seat and largest community of Norfolk County. [1] Simcoe is at the junction of Highway 3, at Highway 24, due south of Brantford, and accessible to Hamilton by nearby Highway 6.
Simcoe County is located in the central portion of Southern Ontario, Canada. The county is just north of the Greater Toronto Area, stretching from the shores of Lake Simcoe in the east to Georgian Bay in the west.
Oct 31, 2012 · Simcoe, Ont, urban area, population 14 777 (2011c), 14 522 (2006c). Simcoe was named after John Graves Simcoe, first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada (1791-96), who visited here in 1795 and granted milling privileges to Aaron Culver, a Loyalist settler.
Feb 7, 2006 · Simcoe served as an officer with the British army in the American Revolutionary War, but is best known to Canadians as the first lieutenant-governor of the new British colony of Upper Canada, which later became Ontario . Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe. Painting by George Theodore Berthon, circa 1891.
Simcoe, former town, now incorporated into (and administrative centre of) the regional municipality of Norfolk county, southeastern Ontario, Canada. It lies along the Lynn River, 5 miles (8 km) north of Lake Erie. Settled before 1780 and named after John Graves Simcoe, the first lieutenant governor.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Simcoe County is a region of about 480,000 people (2016) in Central Ontario. Simcoe attracts 8 million visitors a year, many of them coming for water sports in the summer, like boating and fishing on the lakes, or for skiing and snowmobiling in the winter. Indoor sports include shopping at outlet malls , and gambling at the casino.
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Simcoe, an unincorporated community and former town in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, is nestled near Lake Erie. As the county seat and largest community of Norfolk County, Simcoe is conveniently located at the junction of Highway 3 and Highway 24, due south of Brantford, and accessible to Hamilton by nearby Highway 6.
