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    Orillia (/əˈrɪliə/) is a city in Ontario, Canada, about 30 km (18 mi) north-east of Barrie in Simcoe County. It is located at the confluence of Lake Couchiching...
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    amalgamating the village of Coldwater with the townships of Matchedash and Orillia, plus portions of the townships of Medonte and Tay. In the 2021 Census...
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  • Lakehead University (category Buildings and structures in Orillia)
    University is a public research university with campuses in Thunder Bay and Orillia, Ontario, Canada. Lakehead University, shortened to 'Lakehead U', is non-denominational...
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    Horseshoe. The county seat is located in Midhurst. The cities of Barrie and Orillia are geographically within Simcoe County, but are both politically independent...
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    Provincial Police. The building is located at 777 Memorial Avenue in Orillia, Ontario. It was completed in 1995 and is the first building constructed specifically...
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    shore of Lake Simcoe from Gamebridge to Orillia, and along the entire eastern shore of Lake Couchiching from Orillia to Washago. Farming, tourism and aggregate...
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  • Canadian author of young adult fiction, born in Toronto, Ontario. He lived in Orillia, Ontario. Bell was born in Toronto on 27 October 1945 to William...
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  • wife Maggie died in late 2002. Jack Reid died on August 24, 2009, in Orillia, Ontario, at the age of 84. Jack also was mourned by his companion Pat whom...
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  • fast-food restaurant located alongside the highway, near Orillia Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (2010). "Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) counts"...
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    opened in April 2013 in Orillia, Ontario followed by Burlington, Niagara Falls, St. Catharines, and Thunder Bay (all in Ontario as well). Big Lots exited...
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    Webers (category Orillia)
    Hamburgers) is a hamburger restaurant on Ontario Highway 11, located 15 kilometres north of Orillia, Ontario that opened in July 1963. Webers grills their...
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  • post office called Orillia was established in 1887, and remained in operation until 1964. The community was named after Orillia, Ontario, Canada, the native...
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    in the Lincoln M. Alexander Building in Orillia, Ontario. The relocation of general headquarters to Orillia was part of a government move to decentralize...
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  • the shore of Lake Wissanotti. Although drawn from his experiences in Orillia, Ontario, Leacock notes: "Mariposa is not a real town. On the contrary, it is...
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  • each year, during a banquet ceremony in or near Leacock’s hometown of Orillia, Ontario. The medal is one of the oldest literary prizes in Canada and is the...
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    Moro, Teviah (16 July 2009). "Faded Memories for Sale". Orillia Packet and Times. Orillia, Ontario. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved...
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  • province of Ontario. The highway connects the eastern end of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) with Kawartha Lakes (via Highway 7), Orillia and Midland before...
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    Leslie Frost (category People from Orillia)
    tenure, he gained the nickname "Old Man Ontario"; he was also known as "the Silver Fox". Born in Orillia, Ontario, he was the son of William Sword Frost...
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    Mariposa Folk Festival (category Orillia)
    Festival is a Canadian music festival founded in 1961 in Orillia, Ontario. It was held in Orillia for three years before being banned because of disturbances...
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    McLaughlin Motor Car Company (category 1869 establishments in Ontario)
    end of the business was then sold to Carriage Factories Limited of Orillia, Ontario. James Brockett Tudhope's Carriage Factories would end carriage production...
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  • mountain to the North Pole Mara Provincial Park (Ontario), a provincial park located near Orillia, Ontario, Canada Mara Provincial Park, a provincial park...
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  • team from Rama, Ontario, Canada from Lake Couchiching. The team originated in neighbouring Orillia, Ontario, and played in the Ontario Junior A Hockey...
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  • The Huronia Regional Centre (previously the Ontario Hospital School, Orillia, and initially the Orillia Asylum for Idiots) was an institution for developmentally...
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    Gordon Lightfoot (category People from Orillia)
    Alberta and received numerous honours and awards. Lightfoot was born in Orillia, Ontario, on November 17, 1938, to Jessie Vick Trill Lightfoot and Gordon Lightfoot...
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    Reserve, is located approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) northeast of Orillia, Ontario. Rama First Nation is geographically located within the Township of...
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  • Al McLean (politician) (category Members of the Executive Council of Ontario)
    the sexual harassment complaints made against him. McLean died in Orillia, Ontario on November 20, 2024, at the age of 87. Canadian Press (1981-03-20)...
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    Isabella Holmgren (category Cyclists from Ontario)
    (14 August 2023). "'Pretty special': Orillia cyclist captures second world crown". Orillia Matters. Orillia, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 6 July 2024. Hansen...
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  • Bay Ontario 15 North Bay/Jack Garland Airport North Bay Ontario 15 Old Crow Airport Old Crow Yukon 15 Orillia Airport Orillia Ontario 15 Orillia/Lake...
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  • Junior B Hockey League. 1987 Owen Sound Greys 1986 Orillia Travelways 1985 Orillia Travelways 1984 Orillia Travelways 1983 North York Rangers 1982 Guelph...
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    Orillia/Matchedash Lake Water Aerodrome (TC LID: CPU5) is located 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) north of Orillia, Ontario, Canada. Orillia Airport...
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