Event Overview
Her Honour conducted an official visit to the Town of Georgina. Her Honour met with Her Worship Margaret Quirk, participated in a roundtable discussion on SDG 11, “Sustainable Cities and Communities”, and attended a brief reception with community members after the roundtable.
Tweets
Much to learn from roundtable participants at today’s official visit @georginatown – a growing community dedicated to a sustainable future. pic.twitter.com/BpqhrLiqG5
— Elizabeth Dowdeswell (@LGLizDowdeswell) October 28, 2017
Site of Significance
Clearwater Farms: Located on the shores of Lake Simcoe at Willow Beach, this is a flagship project of the Ontario Water Centre and its home. Since 2016, owners have been transforming the 180-year old Reed Farm, and 30 acres leased from the Town of Georgina. Source
Did You Know?
The Town of Georgina is the northernmost municipality in York Region. The Town was amalgamated in 1970, merging six dispersed communities (areas of which were previously part the Town of North Gwillimbury). Georgina is bounded by Lake Simcoe to the north, Township of Brock to the east, Cook's Bay and the Town of Bradford–West Gwillimbury to the west, and the Town of East Gwillimbury and the Township of Uxbridge to the south.
The municipality is predominantly rural consisting of three larger urban centres – Keswick, Sutton/Jackson’s Point and Pefferlaw – and the hamlets of Virginia, Udora, Baldwin, Belhaven, Brownhill and Ravenshoe. Source
Royal Connection
Georgina dates to the late 1790s, when Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe named the eastern portion of the modern-town Georgina in honour of King George III, and the eastern portion North Gwillimbury, for his wife’s maiden name, Gwillim. It wasn’t until 1986 that the Townships of North Gwillimbury and Georgina amalgamated as the Town of Georgina.
Media
Lt.-Gov. praises Georgina’s ClearWater Farm as ‘model of sustainability’