Cookstown, Ontario
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Cookstown Town in south central Ontario, about 80 km north of Toronto via the 400. Part of the Town of Innisfil. New Tecumseth/Essa and Bradford-West Gwillimbury almost surrounds Cookstown except for the northeast. The farmlands lie to the west and north and around the forested areas. The forests and the hills are to the south and east. The superhighway (Highway 400) is located east with its interchange 4 km east. It is located 18 km E of Alliston, about 24 km (old: 20 km) south of Barrie, about 12 km W of Innisfill town centre and about 10 km N of Bond Head. It is accessed by two roads, one linking Alliston, Shelbourne and the superhighway (400) (Highway 89) and a road linking Schomberg and Thornton (Highway 27).
Nearest communities
Geography
- Population: approximately 1,100 (1996)
- Area: -
- Density: -
- Location:
- Latitude: about 79.9 W
- Longitude: about 44.3 N
- Area code: +1-705
- Postal code L0L 1L0
- Name of inhabitants: Cookstownians
- Founded: -
The urban area includes the old part in the west and north with homes built between the 1960s and the 1990s to the south.
Other
Cookstown has a school, a few banks, a convenient store and a park. The mechanic shop is "Cookstown Auto". Cookstown is a hub of antique specialty stores and is known as the antique capital of southern Ontario. Cookstown is also known for it's annual garage sale called "Wing-Ding" which occours the first weekend of june every year.
- Map and aerial photos
- Street map from Mapquest (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=43.8decimal&latitude=-79.7&longitude=&zoom=6)
- Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver (http://terraserver.microsoft.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=14&lon=43.8&lat=-79.7&w=750&h=500)
- Coordinates: Template:Coor dms