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Claremont is a village located in the north part of the City of Pickering, Ontario, Canada. A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ...
Pickering (estimated 2005 population 94,000) is a city located directly to the east of Toronto in Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. ...
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It is one of many rural villages with suburban type housing mixed with older, historic buildings in the Greater Toronto Area. Brock Road, the main north-south Regional road in the area was realigned to bypass the village to the east in 1970. Claremont is situated in the hills of the Oak Ridges Moraine. Typical of the moraine countryside, around 50 to 70% of the land area around Claremont is forested. The remaining land around the village is wooded farmland and streams. The Greater Toronto Area (called the GTA by local residents) is the largest metropolitan area in Canada. ...
The Oak Ridges Moraine is an ecologically sensitive geological landform in south central Ontario, Canada. ...
Until the establishment of regional government in 1974, the municipal offices of the former Township of Pickering were located in Claremont.
Access to and traffic through Claremont increased greatly with the completion of the eastern extension of the 407 ETR highway, terminating at the Brock Road exit which opened in 2001. Highway 407, officially called the 407 Express Toll Route (ETR), is a pay-per-use freeway located in south-central Ontario, Canadas Greater Toronto Area. ...
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The Havelock Subdivision of the Canadian Pacific Railway runs through Claremont. This line is presently used for freight traffic, but there have been proposals for the return of passenger service as part of a GO Transit expansion to Peterborough. An eastbound CPR freight at Stoney Creek Bridge in Rogers Pass. ...
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). ...
Claremont is located 20 km NW of Oshawa and about 55 km northeast of downtown Toronto. Oshawa (2004 population 150,000, metropolitan population 296,298) is a city on Lake Ontario located 56 kilometres east of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...
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Pickering (estimated 2005 population 94,000) is a city located directly to the east of Toronto in Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. ...
Geography and information - Population: about 1,500 (2001)
- Area: –
- density: –
- Location:
- Altitude: about 200 m
- Latitude: about 43.85 (44°18') N
- Longitude: about 79.0 (79°0') W
- Area code: +(00)1-905, 905 south of Udora
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History In 1972, the Government of Canada expropriated 7,530 ha of land just west of Claremont for a possible future airport. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...
System of government Canada is a constitutional monarchy as a Commonwealth Realm (see Monarchy in Canada) with a federal system of parliamentary government, and strong democratic traditions. ...
Indeed, by the late-1990s, the GTAA there were plans iniated to build the airport, to be named the Pickering International Airport which would be constructed to relieve congestion at Pearson Airport, located some 70 km to the southwest. This new airport was also going to become the main cargo facility for the Greater Toronto Area. The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...
The GTTA is responsible for operating Torontos three airports: Lester B Pearson International Airport - Malton Toronto City Centre Airport (formerly Toronto Island Airport) Buttonville Municipal Airport - Markham The agency took over day to day operations from Transport Canada and is one of many non-profit airport operators in Canada. ...
Pickering International Airport does not currently exist. ...
Toronto Pearson International Airport, located in Mississauga, Ontario, immediately west of Toronto, is Canadas busiest and largest airport. ...
The Greater Toronto Area (called the GTA by local residents) is the largest metropolitan area in Canada. ...
But air traffic at Pearson declined in the years to follow and is only slowly returning (although it has not reached) to previous passenger volumes.
Also, terminal expansion at Pearson and the massive Cargo infield development by the GTAA have further delayed Pickering Airport from becoming a reality, at least in the near future. But in 2005, there has been discussion about airport construction going ahead as early as 2010. The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) operates Toronto Pearson International Airport west of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and may operate the proposed Pickering Airport east of Toronto if that airport is built. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The current landholders, mostly rural farmers are leasing the land from the federal government. Claremont is the closest community to the future airport/terminal building locations.
Other Claremont has a gas bar, a fire station and community hall, a Royal Canadian Legion hall, Post Office and Corner Store.
External links - Map and aerial photos
- Street Map: Street map from Mapquest, MapPoint or Google
- Satellite images: Google
- Coordinates: 43°85′0″N, 79°0′0″W
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