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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    rest of the county including Orillia, and enforcement on provincial highways, especially Ontario Highway 400 and Ontario Highway 11. The Midland Police...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    Bleeker (band) (category Musical groups from Ontario)
    Bleeker are a Canadian rock band from Orillia, Ontario, consisting of Taylor Perkins, Cole Perkins, Mike Vandyk and Chris Dimas. Originally Bleeker Ridge...
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  • appointed superintendent for the Ontario Asylum for Idiots (later the Huronia Regional Centre). Downey died in Orillia in 1926. Canadian Parliamentary...
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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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    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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  • Maya Burhanpurkar (category People from Orillia)
    February 14, 1999) is a Canadian researcher. Burhanpurkar was born in Orillia, Ontario, Canada and completed high school in 2016 at Barrie North Collegiate...
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