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Encyclopedia > Newcastle, Ontario

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. It is also the southern terminus of Highway 35/115.(Highway 35). Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ... Oshawa (2004 population 150,000, metropolitan population 296,298) is a city on Lake Ontario located 56 kilometres east of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Bowmanville is a suburban community or a town located about 55 km east of Toronto and about 15 km east of Oshawa and west of Port Hope on the former highway (Kingston Road) linking Toronto and Kingston and Scugog Road linking north towards Caesarea. ... This article is about the Ontario 400-series highway. ...


Newcastle is in the eastern part of Clarington and was in the western part of the old Clarke Township until 1973. The Municipality of Clarington (2004 population approx. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...

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Town of Newcastle, 1974-94

The name "Town of Newcastle" was used from 1973-94 for the municipality now called the Municipality of Clarington. The name was changed in 1994 to alleviate long standing confusion between the municipality as a whole and the community of the same name. The community was commonly known as "Newcastle Village" to distinguish the two.


Nearest places

Newtonville is a suburban community or a town located east about 80 km E of Toronto, about 30 km E of Oshawa and about 10 km west of Port Hope on the old highway linking Toronto and Kingston and about 1 km north of the nearest freeway (Highway 401) serving... Orono is a small town in Ontario, Canada. ... Bowmanville is a suburban community or a town located about 55 km east of Toronto and about 15 km east of Oshawa and west of Port Hope on the former highway (Kingston Road) linking Toronto and Kingston and Scugog Road linking north towards Caesarea. ...

Statistics and Location

  • Population: about 8,000
  • Area: -
  • density: -
  • Location:
  • Altitude: about 150 m
    • Latitude: about 43.8 (44°48') N
    • Longitude: about 78.5 (78°30') W
  • Area code: +(00)1-905

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History

Newcastle was founded as a town in 1856. It remained a small community until the 1990's, when housing developments began and the population quickly swelled. The town was the original home of the Massey farm implement empire.


Other

The Newcastle area has a beautiful town hall, donated by the Massey family (of Massey Ferguson fame), one high school, several public schools, a post office, churches, a few plazas, several small parks, and one very good golf course: Newcastle Golf A Massey-Ferguson 135. ...


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