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The County of Victoria, or Victoria County, was a county in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was formed in 1854 as The United Counties of Peterborough and Victoria, and separated from Peterborough in 1863. In 2001, the county was dissolved and reformed as the city of Kawartha Lakes. While British settlement began in 1821, the area that was ...
The Township of Mariposa was a municipality located in the southwest corner of the former Victoria County, now the city of Kawartha Lakes, in the Canadian province of Ontario. The other municipal neighbours of Mariposa are Ops and Fenelon on the east, Eldon on the north, Brock on the west, and Scugog on the south, with the latter two located in ...
Manvers Township within former Victoria County. The Township of Manvers (area 69,923 acres (283 km 2)) was a municipality in the former Victoria County, now the city of Kawartha Lakes, in the Canadian province of Ontario.
The united Townships of Laxton, Digby and Longford were a municipality in the northern part of what is now Kawartha Lakes in the Canadian province of Ontario. The former Township of Longford, was surveyed in 1861 by Brookes Wright Gossage, as one of ten townships sold to the Canadian Land and Emigration Company. Longford was the only one of the ...
Verulam Township within former Victoria County. The Township of Verulam was a rural municipality within the former Victoria County, now the city of Kawartha Lakes.It was bounded on the north by the geographic township of Somerville, the south by the geographic township of Emily, the west by the geographic township of Fenelon, and the east by the County of Peterborough.
Leslie M. Frost, Premier of Ontario from 1949 to 1961. First elected in 1937 to the Ontario legislature representing Victoria-Haliburton, he was known as "The Laird of Lindsay." He combined small town values with progressive policies to lead the province through the economic boom of the 1950s. Pearl Hart, outlaw
Bexley Township within former Victoria County The Township of Bexley (Population 1305 c.1996) [ 1 ] was a municipality located in the northern half of the former Victoria County , now the city of Kawartha Lakes , in the Canadian province of Ontario .
Durham County (1792–1973) portions merged with Ontario County to form Durham Regional Municipality. Remaining portions joined Northumberland, Peterborough and Victoria Counties. Grenville County (1792–1850) merged with Leeds County to form Leeds and Grenville United Counties; Kent County (1792–1998) became the single-tier Municipality of ...