Elizabethville, Ontario

Elizabethville is a suburban community or a town located east about 90 km ENE of Toronto and SSW of Peterborough. It was named after one of its first settler's wife. Newtonville, Ontario is also about 40 km E of Oshawa and about 25 km NW of Port Hope, about 50 km SE of Lindsay north of the old highway linking Toronto and Kingston, about 1 km north of the nearest freeway (Highway 401) with its nearest interchange in Newton and with a highway linking to Lindsay (Highway 35) and Peterborough (Highway 115) at Taunton Road to the west. Newtonville is in the southeastern part of Clarington and was in the southeastern part of the old Clarke Township.

Elizabethville is made up of farmlands covering the southern and the western parts, the forests are situated in valleys particularly to the south, they are mixed with farmlands to the central part and the Ganaraska Forest lies north of Elizabethville and are filled with hills. At one time in the 19th century the village had a total of 7 streets, which has been scaled down to just 3.

The old Clarke fire tower that stood in the Ganaraska Forest in the 1960s was linked back to forestry headquarters near the village via 2-way radio. Disassembled, the tower now sits at the back of the Ganaraska Forest Centre.

The area code boundary with 705 is bounded to the north and east in the middle of the Ganaraska Forest.

Statistics and location

• • Latitude: about 44.024 (44°1'30") N
  • Longitude: about 78.533 (78°32'0") W
• Area code: +(00)1-905, overlays with (00)1-249

External links

• Map showing Elizabethville in the late 1800's when there were 7 streets
• Map and aerial photos
  • Street Map: Street map from Mapquest, MapPoint or Google
  • Satellite images: Google
• Coordinates: 44°1′30″N 78°30′0″W