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County in Ontario, Canada
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Simcoe County is a region of about 480,000 people (2016) in Central Ontario. Simcoe attracts 8 million visitors a year, many of them coming for water sports in the summer, like boating and fishing on the lakes, or for skiing and snowmobiling in the winter. Indoor sports include shopping at outlet malls, and gambling at the casino.
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One of Canada’s largest military museums. Armoured vehicles and artillery pieces from Canada and other countries dating back to World War I, and an AVRO 504K aircraft, the oldest flyable aeroplane in Canada.
By train
GO Transit operates daily commuter rail services to and from downtown Toronto along its Barrie line with three stops in Simcoe County: one stop in Bradford West Gwillimbury (Bradford) and two stops…
By plane
The Lake Simcoe Regional Airport is almost midway between Barrie and Orillia, in the township of Oro-Medonte. The airport is equipped to accommodate propeller and jet aircraft.
By bus
Intercity bus services serving Simcoe County include GO Transit (Route 68), and Ontario Northland.
By bus
The intercommunity regional bus service is called LINX, and the paratransit service is called LINX+.
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the largest city in the county, and a playground for watersports and boating on the bay
the gateway to two major recreational area: Blue Mountain ski resort and Wasaga Beach Provincial Park
home of Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, a living history museum
festivals, museums, and Casino Rama
focussed on the water, it has an historic harbour and several marinas
the world's longest freshwater beach draws over 2 million visitors every summer
Washago is a small village at the northern tip of Lake Couchiching. It marks the approximate boundary between the forested lands of Central Ontario's "Cottage Country" and the Golden Horseshoe (and the farmlands of Southwestern Ontario).
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