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Bowmanville is a town of approximately 40,000 people located in the Municipality of Clarington, Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is approximately 75 km (47 mi) east of Toronto , and 15 km (9.3 mi) east of Oshawa along Highway 2 .
With the outbreak of war in September 1939, Canada realized the need for a local defence force to guard against enemy attacks on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Following the lead of the British Home Guard, Canada began recruiting veterans of the First World War who, although they were unfit for overseas service, were eager to serve their country.
Clarington (2021 population 101,427 [2]) is a lower-tier municipality in the Regional Municipality of Durham in Ontario, Canada.It was incorporated in 1973 as the town of Newcastle with the merging of the town of Bowmanville, the Village of Newcastle and the townships of Clarke and Darlington, and was established on January 1 1974. [3]
Ontario Bank was an early bank operating in Ontario, Canada.It began operations in 1857 and was last listed as a member of the Canadian Bankers Association in 1901.. The bank was founded in Bowmanville, Ontario by John Simpson, a local resident and a former bank manager for the town's Bank of Montreal branch.
Download QR code; Print/export ... Bowmanville—Oshawa North is a future federal electoral district in central Ontario, Canada. [2]
The Victoria and Haliburton Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Non-Permanent Active Militia of the Canadian Militia (now the Canadian Army).In 1936, the regiment was converted from infantry to artillery to become the 45th Field Battery RCA and now forms part of the 50th Field Artillery Regiment (The Prince of Wales Rangers), RCA (currently on the Supplementary Order of Battle).
Darlington Provincial Park is a provincial park in Ontario, Canada.It is located just south of Highway 401 in the city of Bowmanville.A small park, the topography is dominated by gentle hills formed by a terminal moraine deposited by glaciers at the end of the last Ice Age.
John Mason James (17 January 1911 – 18 October 1999) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Born in Bowmanville, Ontario, he was a publisher of the Canadian Statesman newspaper by career. Before entering politics, he was a Captain of Military Intelligence during WW2 between the years of 1940–1945.