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Sat.:8am-6pm•Sun.:9am-5pm DISCOVER GEORGINA Discover Georgina Guide 2018 Published by The Georgina Advocate 580B Steven Crt., Newmarket 905-853-8888 Fax: 905-853-4626 www.yorkregion.com In co-operation with The Town of Georgina 26557 Civic Centre Rd., Keswick 905-476-4301 www.georgina.ca [email protected] and the Georgina Chamber of Commerce INSIDE YOUR The Link 20849 Dalton Rd., Sutton 905-722-8383 getaway [email protected] Publisher: 06 Dana Robbins Fish Lake Simcoe Regional General Manager: 12 Dock at our Marinas Shaun Sauve 14 Walk and Bike our Scenic Trails Advertising Manager: Tanya Pacheco 16 Swim at our Beaches Advertising Director: 17 Visit the Unique Communities of Georgina Amanda Smug 20 Shop our Historic Downtowns Editorial Contributors: Rebecca Reid, Town of Georgina, 28 Relax in our Places to Stay Wil Wegman 30 Taste our Farm to Fork Photography: Central Counties Tourism, Cristina Liu, 31 Discover our Historic Museums Georgina Pioneer Village Archives, Sean Columbus, Susie Kockerscheidt, Town of 42 Georgina, Wil Wegman Experience our Festivals and Events 47 Director of Production: Golf our Courses Katherine Porcheron Graphic Design: Nicolette Blazenko DISCOVER GEORGINA 1 MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR On behalf of Georgina Town We have wonderful restaurants, Council, I would like to welcome hotels, motels and B&B’s to everyone to our beautiful community accommodate you. Why not visit our and to this edition of the Discover art gallery or take in a live theatre Georgina Guide. production? There are wonderful For those of you who may not places for your shopping pleasure be familiar with our town, we are - everything from large retail stores located on the southern shores of to quaint antique and knick-knack Lake Simcoe, where we enjoy 52 shops. You can spend a night on kilometres of shoreline with beach the town and listen to live music at front that residents and visitors any number of local establishments. can access any time of year. In No matter what your interests may the summer months, you can be, you are sure to find plenty to enjoy boating and non-motorized do in this warm and welcoming activities on the lake, enjoy a picnic community. in any one of our beautiful parks or Come visit us and discover bike through our many trails and everything that Georgina has to reforestation areas. There’s plenty to offer! do in the winter months too! You can ski, skate, snowmobile, go tubing or try your hand at ice fishing - after Sincerely, all, we are the lce Fishing Capital of Margaret Quirk Canada! Mayor MESSAGE FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Welcome to Georgina and to High Street in Sutton is always a the pages of the 2018 Discover pleasure. Georgina guide. I hope you take If you’re coming by car from the the time to review the pages of our South, the 404 will drop you off at the guide and make plans to visit our South end of Keswick allowing you to local businesses, parks, beaches check everything out on your way. and more! Georgina is filled with so many With Lake Simcoe on our places to discover...from Pefferlaw doorstep we are home to some to Willow Beach, Udora to Virginia of the best sunsets around. Our and everything in between...there is residents can attest to that. If much to discover. you are visiting, it’s worth a trip to For a full list of Chamber of one of our beaches or parks to Commerce businesses in Georgina catch a few minutes of something you can download the Discover spectacular. Georgina App. Visiting by boat? Our Jackson’s Point business owners will welcome you into their shops and Sincerely, restaurants. Robin Smith A Saturday stroll to visit shops on Chair, Chamber of Commerce 2 DISCOVER GEORGINA BARRIE LAKE SIMCOE *HRUJLQD ,VODQG -DFNVRQ·V3RLQW 3RUW%ROVWHU 9LUJLQLD 6XWWRQ 3HIIHUODZ GEORGINA %DOGZLQ 8GRUD INNISFIL .HVZLFN EAST GWILLIMBURY UXBRIDGE NEW TECUMSETH NEWMARKET AURORA WHITCHURCH-STOUFFVILLE The Crowning Jewel of KING CITY York Region Just 1 hour north of Toronto, visiting RICHMOND HILL Georgina on the southern shores of beautiful Lake Simcoe provides MARKHAM year-round fun for the whole family. Whether you come for a day trip, VAUGHAN weekend getaway or family PICKERING vacation, you are sure to have a great time! As a very active community, we offer a wealth of recreational opportunities from exceptional facilities to lush parks and trails. Fishing, boating and swimming are also popular pastimes to enjoy along our 52 km’s of Lake Simcoe shoreline and clear waters! Visit georgina.ca for more information. TORONTO LAKE ONTARIO MISSISSAUGA The map is not to scale. DISCOVER GEORGINA 3 DISCOVER 0OUBSJPTPSJHJOBM DPUUBHFDPVOUSZJTBO ideal destination for all seasons! Located just one hour north of Georgina’s many public beaches in the country, anglers love to drop Toronto, Georgina is the perfect attract legions of day trippers eager a line in Lake Simcoe. In winter, fish place to escape the hustle and bustle to enjoy a refreshing swim, picnic hut operators will outfit and guide of city life and experience the beauty lunch and build a sandcastle or two. you to the best spots on the lake. and charm of a thriving community For boating enthusiasts, Georgina Georgina is also home to ice fishing on the shores of Lake Simcoe. has excellent marinas providing a full derbies and competitions, including Georgina offers something for range of services. the famous Lake Simcoe Ice Fishing Championship. everyone year-round as it showcases With one of the highest fish a diverse history as well as modern populations of any freshwater lake Georgina is a great place to conveniences. practice your golf swing with a variety 4 DISCOVER GEORGINA of stellar courses to choose from Village & Archives, Georgina Military to satisfy every craving from fast including two Stanley Thompson Museum, or Eildon Hall Museum. food to fine dining. Looking for an designed courses at The Briars Golf Experience arts and culture at the evening out with friends? Some local Club and Orchard Beach Golf & Georgina Art Centre & Gallery or take establishments feature live musical Country Club. in a show at the Stephen Leacock acts. The Recreational Outdoor Campus Theatre. No matter what time of year (The ROC) offers an abundance of A short ferry ride out of the Virginia you visit Georgina there is always fun for the whole family all year long Beach Marina takes you to the something exciting happening! including a ropes course, climbing beautiful Chippewas of Georgina Special events include the 163rd wall, 300’ zipline, splash pad, hiking Island featuring a self-guided four- Sutton Fair & Horse Show, from trails, cycling course, and athletic trail system open to the public. August 9-12, The Farmers’ Market courts. The outdoor playground For visitors planning an extended at The Link, operating Sundays May truly comes alive in winter as guests excursion, Georgina has a variety through September, Canada Day whisk down the 100’ four-run snow of accommodations to suit every Celebrations at The ROC, and The tube course, or snowboard or ski on budget from outdoor camping at Festival of Lights & Old Fashioned the alpine run or terrain park. Free Sibbald Point Provincial Park, to Christmas at the Georgina Pioneer tobogganing and skating are also B&Bs, hotels, resorts, and cabin Village in November. available. Finish your day with a meal rentals. Whatever the season, come in the warmth of the Chalet. There are plenty of restaurants discover everything Georgina has to Learn more about the history of in the area with delicious options offer! Georgina at the Georgina Pioneer DISCOVER GEORGINA 5 lake FISHING .PSFQFPQMFýTI-BLF4JNDPFUIBOBOZPUIFSJOMBOE MBLFJO0OUBSJP8JUITPNBOZHSFBUDPNNVOJUJFTBSPVOE UIFMBLFGPSBOHMFSTUPWJTJU XFBSFHSBUFGVMUIBUZPV DIPTFUIF5PXOPG(FPSHJOBGPSZPVSTUBZ 0VSQSJNBSZHPBMJOUIJTBSUJDMFJTUPIFMQZPVNBYJNJ[F ZPVSýTIJOHPQQPSUVOJUJFTEVSJOHZPVSWJTJUCZMFUUJOHZPV LOPXBMJUUMFBCPVUPVSGBWPVSJUFMBLFBOEUIFýTIUIBU MJWFIFSF Open Water Fishing jigs or even a short lead drop-shot rig. Lakers and Whities: After the opener, Many Lake Simcoe perch experts are boats gather out from the Willow Perch: After a long winter there is nothing forgoing the use of live minnows in favour Beach and Jackson’s Point area for big better than getting out for some early of productive artificial soft plastics that specimens of either fish that hang around spring fishing. Thanks to our year-round perfectly mimic minnows and gobies that until mid-late June. Their season closes open perch season, Lake Simcoe is the perch feed on. September 30th and reopens January favourite destination for thousands of Our perch are extremely plentiful and 1st for ice fishing. Various jigging spoons anglers. Out from the shores of Georgina great to eat, but in order to sustain a true produce, but the Blue Fox Moresilda perch are found just about everywhere. trophy perch fishery, we ask anglers to spoon jigged vertically below the boat We have both good eaters to harvest in release those precious perch over 12” in 60’ - 75’ of water comes highly the 8-12 inch range and plenty of those - 13”. This way we can all do our part recommended. Locally made Bad Boyz true jumbos (13” - 15”) with some topping to conserve this great fishery for future jigs worked right on bottom are great for two pounds that should be live released! generations.