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Unionville was the original 6th line of Markham Township. This road was undeveloped until about 1840 when the mill was developed at what is now Carlton Road. The mill needed the water from the pond to the north-west but the swamp to its immediate south made travel virtually impossible.
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Unionville hosts annual jazz and Celtic festivals, as well as live music in the bandstand in the summer. The street was also used as a stand-in for fictional Connecticut town Stars Hollow during the first season of
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Unionville. With the coming of change the buildings were revived and a unique Victorian Village atmosphere came into being.
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television show. Other productions to have used Main Street as a filming location include
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596:Google Maps
332:New England
266:Main Street
264:Local name:
1651:Categories
1624:79°18′39″W
1621:43°51′57″N
1384:Recreation
1319:Unionville
1299:St. Robert
1216:Unionville
1206:Quantztown
1111:Angus Glen
1084:Centennial
1079:Unionville
1049:GO Transit
997:Elections
969:Government
835:69 (Ninth)
713:Birchmount
665:Clark East
577:References
499:Cul-de-sac
347:, and now
236:Unionville
66:newspapers
1353:Athletics
1304:Thornhill
1274:Markville
1247:Secondary
1240:Education
1221:Underwood
1211:Thornhill
1126:Box Grove
1094:Mount Joy
644:Roads in
534:Highway 7
414:Casa Loma
375:Landmarks
345:Highway 7
322:The 1994
319:in 2011.
191:Highway 7
182:junctions
1525:Services
1415:Shopping
1309:Thornlea
1279:McGivney
1196:Mongolia
1191:Milliken
1116:Armadale
885:See also
774:Woodbine
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286:Zonings:
158:Location
1314:Trudeau
1264:Bur Oak
1166:Gormley
1151:Cornell
1089:Markham
974:History
964:Founder
876:407 ETR
799:Bayview
718:Brimley
670:Denison
660:Carlton
646:Markham
602:3 March
593:(Map).
293:History
282:street.
244:Ontario
240:Markham
162:Markham
80:scholar
1375:Sports
1176:Legacy
1141:Cashel
1136:Cachet
326:film,
305:The WB
248:Canada
150:Length
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1406:Parks
986:Mayor
753:Yonge
487:Notes
238:, in
180:Major
87:JSTOR
73:books
1006:2010
1001:2006
680:John
604:2019
525:0.50
511:0.12
213:1840
166:York
59:news
1054:TTC
871:404
558:1.5
555:2.4
545:1.1
542:1.7
522:0.8
508:0.2
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