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There are three fire halls in the Township. Fire Hall #1 is located at 3290 County Road 47, Brechin at the corner of County Rd. 47 & Hwy. 12. Fire Hall #2 is located at 85 Patricia Drive, Atherley at the corner of Patricia Drive & Balsam Rd. Fire Hall #3 is located at 7305 Simcoe County Rd.
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The Township of Ramara owns and operates the Ramara Centre, located at 5482 Highway 12, between Atherley and Uptergrove. The Township of Ramara also owns community centres in Longford, Udney and Brechin that are operated by Community Centre Boards of Management which are composed of volunteers.
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Brechin is one of the township's largest communities. It is known for its several local businesses such as a new Tim Hortons and a Statue Store. The town has all the necessities of a small town, such as a Foodland,
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from Orillia to Washago. Farming, tourism and aggregate are the primary industries, and are supported by a wide variety of local enterprises. The area is perhaps best known for its proximity to
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in 1836. After that time, the local Indian Agent began purchasing lands in Rama Township and the Indigenous people were resettled there. The main settlement on the reserve is also known as
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in 1974, and both townships were transferred to Simcoe County. As part of the municipal restructuring of Simcoe County, Mara and Rama Townships were reamalgamated to form Ramara in 1994.
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The township comprises the communities of Atherley, Bayshore Village, Bayview Beach, Bonnie Beach, Brechin, Brechin Beach, Brechin Point, Concord Point,
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sweetened the bitter waters for the Israelites.) As both styles of place naming were popular in Ontario at the time, it is not clear which one
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when they were first incorporated as an amalgamated municipality in 1852. They were later reincorporated as separate municipalities in 1869.
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The Canadian rock band, Floral Park, takes its name from the Floral Park community in which one of the band's members grew up.
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The Ontario Lumberjack Championships were held at the Brechin Ball Park on the second Saturday in June in 2012, 2013 and 2014.
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in what is now Ramara in 1897, but it was destroyed by a fire in 1931. It was likely rebuilt after 1931 by
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were first named in 1820. The origins of the names are unclear, as both may be either Spanish words (
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North of Rama, the community of Longford Mills was established in 1868. In 1867 American lumberman
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had purchased blocks of land in Rama Township after buying timber berths in Oakley Township in
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Located off from Sandy Beach, Goffatt Island is a privately owned 11.10 acres island in
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reach the mills of Lake Simcoe, but helped establish the community of Longford Mills.
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to float logs from the Black River to supply the mills of Lake Simcoe. The
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Separated municipalities but remain a census subdivision of the county
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Ramara was formed in 1994 through the amalgamation of the townships of
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total private dwellings, a change of 9.4% from its 2016 population of
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was formed in 1868. Not only did it allow the logs of Muskoka and
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from Gamebridge to Orillia, and along the entire eastern shore of
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The gingerbread style Atherley Junction station was built by the
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A portion of Rama Township was allocated to form what became the
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had in mind. Being British, the names likely originated from the
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There is bus service from Toronto to Washago operated by
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at Bell Ewart. Instead, Sage came up with the idea of a
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Ontario County was dissolved upon the formation of the
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Atherley Junction Railway station in Atherley, 1910
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Rathburn, Ontario
Township
lower-tier
Municipal office in Brechin
Ramara is located in Simcoe County
Ramara is located in Southern Ontario
44°38′N 79°13′W / 44.633°N 79.217°W / 44.633; -79.217
Canada
Province
Ontario
Simcoe
Adam Chambers
Jill Dunlop
Time zone
UTC-5
DST
UTC-4
Area code(s)
705
249
www.ramara.ca
township
Simcoe County
Ontario
Rama and Mara
Lake Simcoe
Lake Couchiching
Casino Rama
First Nations reserve
Chippewas of Mnjikaning First Nation

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