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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.
Bowmanville Creek (French: ruisseau Bowmanville) is a stream in the municipality of Clarington, Regional Municipality of Durham in south-central Ontario, Canada. It flows from the Oak Ridges Moraine to Lake Ontario at Bowmanville. [1] [2] [6] [7] The creek is under the auspices of the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority. [5]
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]
The historic Cream of Barley Mill in Bowmanville, Ontario, now in use as the Visual Arts Centre. The Cream of Barley Mill is a historic mill in the town of Bowmanville, Municipality of Clarington, Ontario, Canada. Scottish immigrant John MacKay created a new hot cereal product called "cream of barley".
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.
Bowmanville POW camp in 2011. The Bowmanville POW camp, also known as Camp 30, was a Canada administered POW camp for German soldiers during World War II located on 2020 Lambs Road in the community of Bowmanville, Ontario in Clarington, Ontario, Canada. In September 2013, the camp was designated a National Historic Site of Canada. [1]
Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding will contain Bowmanville, Clarington and northern Oshawa which will move from Durham. [ 3 ] Demographics