The Blue Mountains, Ontario (version 2)
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Blue Mountain is a visually prominent section of the Niagara Escarpment located in Grey County in Southern Ontario, Canada, rising to heights of over 300 metres (1000’) above the land and Georgian Bay. Activities in the area include biking, skiing, snowboarding and hiking. Communities located between the mountain and the bay include Clarksburg, Craigleith, Thornbury now amalgamated as Town of the Blue Mountains. Blue Mountain village has a number of accommodation types, restaurants, and tourist activities.[1] Intrawest Resorts owns and operates the Village.[2]
History
Blue Mountain Ski Resort was founded by a man named Jozo Weider, who began to develop plans for the mountain as early as 1941.[3] Then, skiing was mainly on the north side of the hill, known as "Kandahar." The lodge was built in 1941. It is also important to note the presence[original research?] of The Toronto Ski Club, and in 1948 a deal was struck to share the mountain. After the 1950s, services on the mountain were expanded, with several new lifts being constructed, and lots of new terrain opened. As of 2017, the hill has 5 detachable chairlifts and 7 beginner lifts.[4] It is home to a village[5] and 3 lodges. It is currently[when?] the largest ski resort in Ontario.
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 Wasaga Beach, the town of Collingwood and to the north the distant shorelines of the bay.[tone] Blue Mountain's name comes from the blue clay that can be found around the mountain.
See also
References
- ^ Inc., Blue Mountain Resorts,. "Blue Mountain Resort, Official Site : Ontario's Only 4 Season Mountain and Village Resort, Canada". Blue Mountain Resorts. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
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{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "The History of Blue". bluemountain.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
- ^ "Ontario's only 4 Season Pedestrian Village Official Site". bluemountain.ca. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
- ^ "Ontario's only 4 Season Pedestrian Village Official Site". bluemountainvillage.ca. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
- "Blue Mountains". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2010-07-12.
- "Toporama - Topographic Map Sheet 41A8, 41A9". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Archived from the original on 2010-08-31. Retrieved 2010-07-12.
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