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Bowmanville is a town, now part of the Municipality of Clarington in the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario and located about 55 km east of Toronto. It is located about 15 km east of Oshawa along the former Ontario King's Highway 2. The Municipality of Clarington (estimated 2005 population 80,000) is a municipality in Ontario, Canada in the Regional Municipality of Durham. ...
The Regional Municipality of Durham, commonly called Durham Region (2003 population 525,000), is a regional political area located east of Toronto, Ontario. ...
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Oshawa (estimated 2004 population 150 000; metropolitan population 296 298) is a city on Lake Ontario located approximately 60 km east of downtown Toronto in Ontario, Canada. ...
Highway 2 was the major east-west provincial highway in Southern Ontario, running from Windsor in the west to the Lancaster in the east and joining together the towns and cities of the western two thirds of the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. ...
Since the 1950s, Bowmanville has been accessible via Highway 401 and served by three interchanges: Waverly Road—Durham Road 57 (Exit 431), Liberty Street—Durham Road 14 (Exit 432) and Bennett Road (Exit 435), that also serves the retirement community of Wilmot Creek on the Lake Ontario shore. The interchange with Highways 35 and 115 to Lindsay and Peterborough (exit 436) lies 500 m east of Bennett. The Kings Highway No. ...
Lake Ontario (French: lac Ontario), bounded on the north by Ontario and on the south by Ontarios Niagara Peninsula and by New York State, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. ...
Ontario Provincial Highway #115 is a provincially maintained highway in Central Ontario, Canada. ...
Lindsay (2001 population 16,930) is a community on the Scugog River in the Kawartha Lakes region of southern Ontario, Canada. ...
Nickname: The Electric City Motto: Dat natura, elaborant artes (Nature Provides, Industry Develops) Map of Ontario with Peterborough indicated with a red dot Coordinates: Country Canada Province Ontario County Peterborough County Established 1819 - Scotts Plains Incorporated as town 1850 - Peterborough Incorporated as city July 1, 1905 - Mayor Paul Ayotte...
Bowmanville is in the west-central part of Clarington and is home to about 30% of the Municipality's population since 1993. Bowmanville was a municipality until local amalgamation in 1973 and prior to, was surrounded by Darlington Township in the west, and Clarke Township to the east in the former Durham County. Bowmanville is also ~45km S of Port Perry and about 65 km SW of Peterborough. The Municipality of Clarington (estimated 2005 population 80,000) is a municipality in Ontario, Canada in the Regional Municipality of Durham. ...
1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...
Durham County is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario. ...
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Nickname: The Electric City Motto: Dat natura, elaborant artes (Nature Provides, Industry Develops) Map of Ontario with Peterborough indicated with a red dot Coordinates: Country Canada Province Ontario County Peterborough County Established 1819 - Scotts Plains Incorporated as town 1850 - Peterborough Incorporated as city July 1, 1905 - Mayor Paul Ayotte...
Nearest places Oshawa (estimated 2004 population 150 000; metropolitan population 296 298) is a city on Lake Ontario located approximately 60 km east of downtown Toronto in Ontario, Canada. ...
Courtice (pronounced Curtis) is a suburban community located about 60 km E of Toronto adjacent to Oshawa and W of Bowmanville in the Municipality of Clarington. ...
Newcastle is a community located east about 80 km E of Toronto and about 18 km E of Oshawa and E of Bowmanville on the Highway 401 linking Toronto and Kingston. ...
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Education Bowmanville High School is a high school in Bowmanville, Ontario, in Canada. ...
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Geography and Information - Population: ~30,000
- Area: -
- density: -
- Location:
- Altitude: ~150 m
- Latitude: ~43.8 (44°48') N
- Longitude: ~78.6 (78°42') W
- Area code: +(00)1-905
- Postal code: L1C
Bowmanville is surrounded by farmland on three sides, and Lake Ontario to the south. Nearby forests are mainly pine, elm, birch and oak, lying in the Bowmanville Creek and Soper Creek valleys and to the hills of the north as well as to the south. Farmlands formerly covered central Bowmanville until the population increased, thus establishing a nascent downtown core by the early 19th century. The harbour area of the town is known as Port Darlington. Categories: North American area codes | Stub ...
Lake Ontario (French: lac Ontario), bounded on the north by Ontario and on the south by Ontarios Niagara Peninsula and by New York State, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. ...
Bowmanville is home to a Goodyear factory, the historic Bowmanville Foundry, the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station, an RCMP headquarters, and a deep water marina on Lake Ontario. Bowmanville was a finalist for the ITER project. Many people who live in Bowmanville work for General Motors Canada situated nearby in Oshawa, or work in Toronto using Highway 401, or the GO Train which leaves from Oshawa. Bowmanville has become a "bedroom community," as most of its citizens work outside of the town and return to rest and play. Bowmanville now has a short service bus route. Goodyear may relate to: Charles Goodyear (1800 - 1860), inventor of vulcanized rubber Goodyear Welt A shoe construction process developed by Charles Goodyears son, Charles Goodyear Jnr Gary Goodyear, Canadian politician Julie Goodyear, British television actress Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Goodyear Inflatoplane Goodyear, Arizona This is a disambiguation page...
Darlington Nuclear Generating Station is a Canadian electrical generating station located in Bowmanville, Ontario. ...
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP or Mounties; French, Gendarmerie royale du Canada, GRC) is both the federal police force and the national police of Canada. ...
A small marina at Brixham, Devon, England. ...
Cutaway of the ITER Tokamak Torus in casing. ...
General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM), also known as GM, is an American automobile maker with worldwide operations and brands including Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saturn, Saab and Vauxhall. ...
GO Train on the Richmond Hill line GO Transit, officially known as the Greater Toronto Transit Authority (GTTA), is Canadas first, and Ontarios only, interregional public transit system, established to link Toronto with the surrounding regions of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). ...
Bowmanville is bisected by CP railway, and the CN lines run to the south of town. Bowmanville had its own transit system, Clarington Transit from 2002-2005, and is now part of the Durham Region Transit East Region, as well as having connections to GO Transit and VIA Rail. The Bowmanville Creek runs west of downtown Bowmanville. Bowmanville has 3 golf courses, 1 large recreational complex (Garnet B. Rickard Recreational Centre), an Indoor Soccer Centre. The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR; AAR reporting marks CP, CPAA, CPI), known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a Canadian Class I railway that is operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited. ...
CN redirects here, as its the most common usage of the abbreviation in Canada; for more uses, see CN (disambiguation). ...
Clarington Transit Fleet Grumman-Flxible 870 - ex-Santa Clara County Transit OBI Orion V - ex Oshawa Transit Flxible Metro model 40096-6T - leased from Dunlop Trolley MCI TC40-102N Classic - leased from Dunlop Trolley GMDD TC40-102N Classic - ex STCUQ GMDD TC40-102N Classic - ex Detroit Orion I 01. ...
Durham Region Transit (DRT) is the regional public transit operator in Durham Region, east of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...
GO Transit (AAR reporting marks GOT), officially known as the Greater Toronto Transit Authority (GTTA), is Canadas first, and Ontarios only, interregional public transit system, established to link Toronto with the surrounding regions of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). ...
VIA Rail Canada (also referred to as VIA Rail and VIA; pronounced vee-ah) is an independent Crown corporation offering intercity passenger rail services in Canada. ...
Bowmanville, Ontario is also home to Mosport International Raceway which hosts both minor grand prix races and major racing events by CASCAR, the SCCA, and American Le Mans Series annually. Mosport International Raceway, or Mosport Park, is a multi-track facility located north of Bowmanville, Ontario. ...
The SCCA could be considered the grass-roots level of auto racing in the United States. ...
The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) is a series of automobile races. ...
It also has the largest private zoo in Canada, the Bowmanville Zoo. The zoo's residents have been in films, including the now deceased Bongo and his brother Caesar (lions) from Ghost in the Darkness, and there is a primate making wild but accurate NHL playoff predictions. The elephants are taken for walks occasionally through the town and have been known to make an appearance at Bowmanville High School's first football game of the season. A $2 million hockey museum created by GSM exhibit designer Geneviève Angio-Morneau, "Total Hockey", opened Sunday, October 29, 2006 at the Rickard Recreational Centre. Utilizing the artifacts and photographs of former Hockey Night in Canada broadcaster Brian McFarlane. Total Hockey was opened by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, then Mayor John Mutton and McFarlane with hockey stars Bob Baun, Johnny Bower, Red Kelly and Frank Mahovlich looking on. The Bowmanville zoo is a well known zoo in Bowmanville, Ontario. ...
Binomial name Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758) The Lion (Panthera leo) is a mammal of the family Felidae. ...
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Hockey Night in Canada (HNIC) is a popular television broadcast of National Hockey League games in Canada, produced by the CBC. Hockey Night consistently remains one of the highest-rated Canadian programs on television. ...
Brian McFarlane (born August 10, 1931 in New Liskeard, Ontario) is a Canadian television sportscaster. ...
Stephen Joseph Harper (born April 30, 1959) is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. ...
Bobby Baun was born on the 9th of September, 1936 in Lanigan, Saskatchewan, Canada. ...
Johnny (The China Wall) Bower (b. ...
1967: Kelly,right,with Frank Mahovlich and Torontos last Stanley Cup Leonard Patrick Red Kelly, CM (born 9 July 1927 in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada) is a former hockey player in the NHL. A solid, playmaking defenceman, he joined the Detroit Red Wings in 1947. ...
The Honourable Francis William Mahovlich, CM , LL.D (born January 10, 1938 in Timmins, Ontario) is a Canadian Senator, and formerly a talented NHL ice hockey player. ...
History Settlers were attracted to the area by the farmland, and creeks for water mills, first (including one still standing, now called Vanstone's Mill) at Bowmanville (originally Barber) Creek, at the present-day intersection of King Street and Scugog St., from which businesses and housing spread east, and later on Soper Creek (including another still standing as the municipality's Visual Arts Centre). The lands which would later become Bowmanville were first purchased by John Burk, who later sold it to Lewis Lewis. Lewis opened the first store in what was then called Darlington Mills. The store was purchased in about 1824 by Charles Bowman (for whom the town was eventually named) who then established the first post office. (Source: Bowmanville Statesman, March 3, 1832, "History of West Durham Region" by Mrs. J. Thickson) The success of the Vanstone Mill, fueled by the machinery of the Crown's land grant program, led to the rapid expansion of the Bowmanville settlement in the early years of the 19th Century. Under the generous yet discriminate eyes of wealthy local merchants such as John Simpson and Charles Bowman, small properties would often be sold to promote settlement and small business. The town soon developed a balanced economy; all the while gradually establishing itself as a moderate player in shipping, rail transport, metal works and common minor business (including tanneries, liveries, stables and everyday mercantile commodity exchange.) By the time of Confederation, Bowmanville was a vital, prosperous and growing town, home to a largely Scots-Presbyterian community with all manner of farmer, working, and professional class making the town their home. With local economic stability and accessible, abundant land available for the construction of housing, the town soon sported several new Churches, each designated to house both Free and Auld Kirk, Anglican and Protestant congregations, including the Bible Christian Church, later to be a major stream of Canadian Methodism. The Scottish people are a nation[6] and an ethnic group indigenous to Scotland. ...
Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ...
The Presbyterian Church in Canada is the name of a Christian church, of Protestant, of presbyterian, and reformed theology and polity, serving in Canada under this name since 1875. ...
The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ...
The Bible Christian Church was a Methodist church. ...
For the Methodist school of ancient Greek medicine, see Methodism (history of medicine) Methodism or the Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity. ...
At present, St. John's Anglican Church. St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, St. Paul's United Church and the impressively ornate Trinity United Church (site of an old Auld Kirk church) still serve the community. All of these edifices, quite appropriately, line or are in close proximity to present-day Church Street. The United Church of Canada (French: lÃglise Unie du Canada) is Canadas second largest church (after the Roman Catholic Church), and its largest Protestant denomination. ...
Local business organized and modernized nicely in the 20th Century, with the Dominion Organ and Piano factory, the Bowmanville Foundry and the Goodyear Rubber and Tire Co. (1910) all providing steady work for Bowmanville's ever-growing working populations. Goodyear even went so far as to provide affordable housing for its employees, and present day Carlisle Ave. (built by magnanimous Goodyear president W.C. Carlisle) in the 1910's still stands as one of Ontario's best preserved examples of industrial housing. The land on which the Bowmanville Hospital was built was donated by J.W. Alexander, the owner of the then-prospering Dominion Organ and Piano factory. Goodyear may relate to: Charles Goodyear (1800 - 1860), inventor of vulcanized rubber Goodyear Welt A shoe construction process developed by Charles Goodyears son, Charles Goodyear Jnr Gary Goodyear, Canadian politician Julie Goodyear, British television actress Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Goodyear Inflatoplane Goodyear, Arizona This is a disambiguation page...
Formal education evolved in-step with Ryersonian philosophies of the day, and the advent of the Central Public School (1889) and the Bowmanville High School (1890), (both designed by Whitby architect A.A. Post) were the finishing touches to the town that was a model of then-Ontario Premier Oliver Mowat's philosophy of education, expansion and innovation for the citizens of the province. The Honourable Sir Oliver Mowat, QC (July 22, 1820 â 19 April 1903) was a Canadian politician, and premier of Ontario from 1872 to 1896. ...
The 20th Century saw a steady rise in the construction of area schools, with Vincent Massey P.S. (1955); Waverley P.S. (1978); Dr. Ross Tilley P.S. (1993); John M. James P.S. (1999) and Harold Longworth P.S. (2003) all accommodating gradual population increases and building developments in specific demographic areas of the town. The local school board (Northumberland/Newcastle)was amalgamated with neighboring Peterborough jurisdictions to form the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board in 1997. Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board has its headquarters in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. ...
As the town grew and prospered, so arrived Bowmanville's grand era of architectural building and refinement. Many excellently maintained specimens of Italianate, Gothic Revial, Colonial Brick and Queen Anne architecture line the central aspect of Bomwanville's oldest neighborhood, and this contributes to the present-day attractiveness and sense of history that the old town radiates so nicely. Much of Bowmanville's residential and commercial architectural heritage was either lost or threatened by demolition and modern development from 1950-1980, but a 25 year renaissance in appreciation and awareness (led largely by local historians and LACAC members) helped to preserve the precious remnants of days gone by. Bowmanville remained a town until regional government created the Regional Municipality of Durham from Ontario and Durham Counties in the early 1970s. Housing developments arrived in the 1950s around Bowmanville and did not boom until the 1970s in the northern portion and lasted into the late-20th Century and continues to this day. Developers include Halminen, Greenpark, Melody Homes and Tribute, Baywood among others. Luxury homes are about 4 km north of Bowmanville. The population rose to about 10,000 in the 1970s, about 20,000 in the 1980s, about 25,000 in the 1990s and today is about 30,000. In the 1980s, Highway 401 was later expanded to 6 lanes from 4 and later Highway 2 added another 2 lanes west of Bowmanville. Some have referred to this as the "lane-era" of Bowmanville. Durham Regional Municipality, also called Durham Region (2003 population 525,000), is a regional political area located east of Toronto, Ontario. ...
Ontario County is the name of two historic counties in the Canadian province of Ontario. ...
Durham County is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario. ...
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Prisoner of War Camp Camp 30, the Lake Ontario Officers’ Camp-Bowmanville held captive German army officers from the Afrika Korps, fliers from the Luftwaffe and naval officers from the Kriegsmarine. Farms surrounded the camp that had been a delinquent boys’ school prior to the war. In several accounts by former POWs, the prison was represented as very humane, in that the prisoners were well treated and well fed. Among the German officers transferred from England to Bowmanville was Korvettenkapitän Otto Kretschmer, who was the top U-boat ace of WWII. Kretschmer assumed the duties of the senior naval officer, sharing the command with the senior Luftwaffe officer Oberstleutnant Hans Hefele and the senior army officer General Leutnant Hans von Ravenstein. The Bowmanville boys’ school had been quickly turned into Camp 30, Lake Ontario Officers’ Camp, by surrounding the existing school buildings with a barbed wire fence. The facility, which had been designed to house 300 boys, was a little cramped and undersized for grown men. Two twelve-foot high fences with electric lights every twelve feet and nine guard towers surrounded the fourteen-acre site. The fence had sixty miles of barbed wire looped around the small perimeter. Lieutenant Colonel R. O. Bull M.C. had a support staff plus the Veterans Guard of Canada, consisting of nine officers and 239 other ranks under his command to guard the prisoners. When the naval prisoners arrived at Bowmanville, there were no recreational facilities. The naval officers quickly transformed the camp. Flower and vegetable gardens were planted, sports fields, tennis courts and a swimming pool were built. The quarters were expanded, giving the prisoners better living conditions. The prisoners received money from home or earned extra money by manufacturing wooden furniture. They were able to purchase beer, cigarettes and dry goods from Eaton’s mail order catalog. It was an ideal life except that there were no women and no freedom. For some there was the urge to get back to the war and defend their country, and for others a desire to remain POWs for the duration of the war. A daily routine of exercise, sporting events and work assignments was established. As well as English being taught, professors from the nearby University of Toronto gave lectures for university credit classes. Additionally a school was formed, which taught midshipmen seamanship and navigation courses. Current movies were shown each week. National and religious holidays were observed, and music concerts were given regularly. Elaborate stage plays were produced. Extraordinary puppets were designed and fabricated for puppet shows. Although the conditions were good in the Canadian POW camps, there was very little to do, and the routine was always the same.
External links - Street Maps: Mapquest, MapPoint or Google
- Satellite images: Google
- Local Paper: Canadian Statesman
- Tourism Clarington Tourism
- Municipal Website Clarington.net
- Housing: MLS Listings
- Transit: Durham Region Transit
- Business Listings: Bowmanville City Guide Site, Historic Downtown Bowmanville BIA
- History as a Prisoner-of-War camp: http://www.u-434.com
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