Midhurst, Ontario

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Midhurst
Unincorporated community
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Midhurst
Coordinates: 44°26′36″N79°43′18″W / 44.44333°N 79.72167°W / 44.44333; -79.72167
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario
County Simcoe County
Population
 (2011)
  Total
3,000
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code 705
Website midhurstontario.com

Midhurst is a community in the Township of Springwater, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. It is the county seat, and with nearly 3,000 people, [1] the largest population centre in Springwater.

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It is the location of the Barrie Baycats of the Intercounty Baseball League. Midhurst has a public elementary school, Forest Hill Public School, which is a part of the Simcoe County District School Board.

History

Midhurst was named after the town of Midhurst, in the United Kingdom. [1] Cowdray Park is also named after the main park in that town. [2] A tree nursery and a saw mill on Willow Creek existed in Midhurst that supplied trees for the province. 'Finlay Mill Road' is so named, as Alex Finlay was its owner. [2] The Midhurst Pioneer Cemetery, no longer in operation, exists near the United Church, along with the non-denominational Midhurst Union Cemetery. [3] Willow Creek featured a grist-mill and hydro power house that supplied electricity to Barrie from 1826 to 1888. [4] The old grist-mill stone stands as a monument near the Finlay Mill bridge.

Arts and culture

Midhurst Autumnfest, an annual fall fair, has run from 1969 to the present. [5] [6]

Attractions

Infrastructure

Transportation

Midhurst is located at the junction of Ontario Highway 26 and Ontario Highway 27.

The community has two Simcoe County LINX stops on its Line 1 Penetanguishene/Midland–Barrie bus route, which connects Midhurst to locations along the roughly north-south route.

Notable people

References

  1. 1 2 "Midhurst Community History".
  2. 1 2 "Historic Midhust".
  3. "Cemeteries of Springwater Township".
  4. "Friends of Midhurst - Trails".
  5. "Midhurst Autumnfest - Township of Springwater". www.springwater.ca. Archived from the original on October 12, 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Midhurst history timeline".