Alliston, Ontario

Alliston, Ontario is an Ontario community just about 90 kilometers from Toronto, and about 40 km SW of Barrie, about 18 km W of Cookstown, about 10 km N of Tottenham, about 40 km NE of Orangeville and about 30 km E of Shelburne. It is part of the Town of New Tecumseth which is part of Simcoe County. (The 1991 amalgamation of Alliston, nearby villages Beeton and Tottenham, and the Township of Tecumseth, created one legal municipality, the Town of New Tecumseth. Municipal offices for the Town are located in Alliston.) The heart of the community is divided by Highway 89. It was founded in 1847 by English immigrant William Fletcher.

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Ontario - Toronto - Barrie - Orangeville - Shelburne - New Tecumseth - Simcoe County - Highway 89 - 1847 - William Fletcher

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Alliston is located where the corners of four of the original townships of southern Simcoe County (Adjala, Tosorontio, Essa, and Tecumseth) meet.

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Simcoe County - Adjala - Tosorontio - Essa - Tecumseth

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Earl Rowe Provincial Park is located three kilometers west of Alliston, in the Township of Adjala-Tosorontio. It is one of the largest provincial parks in Southern Ontario.

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Earl Rowe Provincial Park - Adjala-Tosorontio

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The town grew as a commercial centre for the area farmers and was best known as a potato-growing area. It is still a major industry in the town and is celebrated by the annual Alliston Potato Festival.

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A large Honda car manfacturing plant, the biggest industry in Simcoe County , is located to the southeast of Alliston, along the Tottenham Road (Simcoe Road 10); less than 1 km south of Highway 89. The plant had a minor fire in the late 1990s.

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Honda - Highway 89

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The most famous citizen of Alliston was Sir Frederick Banting the co-discoverer of insulin. The town's only high school is named in his honour, Banting Memorial High School.

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Sir Frederick Banting - Banting Memorial High School

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The current mayor of New Tecumseth is Mike McEachern. The Member of Provincial Parliament is Jim Wilson.

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Mike McEachern - Jim Wilson

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