Blue Mountain (Ontario)
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Blue Mountain, or The Blue Mountains, is a visually prominent section of the Niagara Escarpment located west of Collingwood in Grey and Simcoe Counties in Southern Ontario, Canada, rising to heights of over 300 metres (1000’) above the land and Georgian Bay. Many activities and natural beauty abound in the area such as biking, skiing, snowboarding and hiking. Wedged between the mountain and the bay communities include Clarksburg, Craigleith, Thornbury and the Town of the Blue Mountains. High-end homes are built on the mountain as well. On a clear day, one can view the entire bowl shape of the southern end of Georgian Bay, to the east the Wasaga Beaches, the town of Collingwood and to the north the distant shorelines of the bay. Blue Mountain's name comes from the unusually blue clay that can be found around the mountain.
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- "Blue Mountains". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search/unique_e.php?id=FAKFS&output=xml. Retrieved 2010-07-12.
- "Toporama - Topographic Map Sheet 41A8, 41A9". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map. Retrieved 2010-07-12.
Coordinates: 44°28′58″N 80°19′59″W / 44.48278°N 80.33306°W
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