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Goderich (/ ˈ ɡ ɒ d r ɪ tʃ, ˈ ɡ ɒ d ə r ɪ tʃ / GOD-rich or GOD-ə-rich) is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario and is the county seat of Huron County.The town was founded by John Galt and William "Tiger" Dunlop of the Canada Company in 1827. [2]
Goderich Airport (ICAO: CYGD), also known as Goderich Municipal Airport and formerly Sky Harbour Airport, [1] is a registered aerodrome located 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) north of Goderich, Ontario, Canada.
In October 2018, it was announced that the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard would be reorganized into four operational regions with the creation of a new Arctic Region; this transition to four regions was completed in April 2021.
Map showing the trails system in the wider region. The 127-km line between Guelph and Goderich was abandoned by the CPR in 1988. The Province of Ontario purchased the land shortly thereafter with the intention of protecting an infrastructure corridor. The original plan was to build a water supply pipeline from Lake Huron to Guelph.
The county seat is Goderich, also the county's largest community. The population reported in the 2021 Census for this predominantly agricultural area with many villages and small towns was 61,366 in a land area of 3,398 square kilometres. [1] Of the total population, 7,881 reside in Goderich. [2]
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Goderich 1850 [9] Grand Bend Lighthouse ... Toronto Harbour Light: Lake Ontario:
Beginning in 1960, a small bypass of Highway 21 was constructed on the north side of Goderich, [19] avoiding a nearby hairpin turn. [20] The 160 m (520 ft) curving structure over the Maitland River was completed in mid-1961 at a cost of C$ 1.39 million and opened ceremoniously on July 17, 1962.
The Bruce Peninsula is a peninsula in Ontario, Canada, that divides Georgian Bay of Lake Huron from the lake's main basin. The peninsula extends roughly northwestwards from the rest of Southwestern Ontario, pointing towards Manitoulin Island, with which it forms the widest strait joining Georgian Bay to the rest of Lake Huron.