May 2016: Massive Surge in Luxury Real Estate Demand in Georgina
Continuing the conclusions from last month’s report, higher-end and luxurious properties have played a consistent role in Georgina’s Spring Market....
Creating a New Market
Newmarket's point on the Holland River long ago made the area a dominant portage route of travel between Lake Ontario...
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Antiqueville
Unionville's name was borrowed from Ira White's Union Mills built in 1839, which in turn was titled for the Act...
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Mennonite Settlement
Old Markham Village was officially renamed in 1828, originally titled Reesorville and settled in 1825, established by Mennonites from Upstate...
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The HIgh-tech capital
The first European settlement in Markham developed when William Moll Berczy, a German artist and developer led a group German...
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The Rolling Hills of Schomberg
The village of Schomberg was established in 1830 and was initially known as Brownsville after the first landowners. By 1860...
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The Local Tavern Keeper
The village takes its name from Joseph Noble, an early colonist of the town, and local tavern keeper. Nobleton was...
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Unification of diverse hamlets
In 1836, an agreement styled Springhill was established in King. With the arrival of the Ontario, Simcoe and Huron railway...
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The First Settler: Armitage
The pioneer European to see The Township of King was Étienne Brûlé in 1615, while travelling the Toronto Carrying Place....
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A to L'phabetized' Streets
Sutton was in the olden days a village but is now part of the Town of Georgina after amalgamation with...
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a beautiful greensward
Pefferlaw was established in the late 1820s by Captain William Johnson; a British Naval Officer who was released from service...
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Cottage Country
The land around Keswick's Roches Point was acquired by Major General Sir Peregrine Maitland in the early 1800's with belief...
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Protecting Toronto's Backyard
After the war of 1812, officials at York (Toronto) were uptight with guarding the city's "back door”. To deal with...
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Toronto's Agora
Greektown is an area of east Toronto where a lot of the first Greek immigrants settled in the early 1900’s....
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Old Chinatown
Chinatown’s history is divided into two parts, the first-Chinatown and present-day Chinatown which is also often referred to as old...
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Cabbage town
Cabbagetown gets its name from the first Irish immigrants that settled here in the years following the Irish Potato Famine....
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