Tag: Caledon
Garth Turner to seek Liberal nomination in Dufferin-Caledon
Garth Turner is going to try and enter Federal politics for a third term in the House of Commons, this time as a MP for the Dufferin-Caledon riding. The former MP announced this week that he has officially submitted his papers to seek the nomination, and that those papers have been accepted. Mr. Turner, 60, […]
Posted: August 20th, 2009 under News, Politics.
Tags: Caledon, David Tilson, Garth Turner, ontario, Politics
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Hawkridge Farm (Eaton Family Mansion/Estate) still for sale in Caledon
The famous Eaton family mansion that sits on a 150 acre estate in Caledon which is also now being called Hawkridge Farm on the real estate listing appears to still be for sale after initially being listed for sale back in late 2007. At a price tag of $24 million dollars it easily remains the […]
Posted: August 17th, 2009 under Caledon, News, Photos, Real Estate.
Tags: Caledon, eaton, eaton estate, eaton family, Hawkridge Farm, ontario, Photos, real estate
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Night Time Light Pollution in Caledon, Ontario
For the last two nights I have been outside in the evening watching the Perseid Meteor shower, no pictures of that unfortunately, they are too fast and hard to get a photo of them. I was however taking some more pictures of the stars in the night time sky trying to perfect the settings with […]
Posted: August 13th, 2009 under Caledon, Photos.
Tags: Bolton, Caledon, ontario, Photos, stars
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Stormy Night in Caledon, Ontario
Warm weather has arrived to Ontario the past couple days but with it lots of rain and lightning storms. This is just a quick shot I got of the storm on Sunday lighting up the sky on the Caledon horizon, I wanted to try and get pictures of the lightning bolts but the storm had […]
Posted: August 11th, 2009 under Caledon, Photos.
Tags: Caledon, ontario, Photos, storm
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Almost Attacked by a Monster on Humber Station
Was driving up Humber Station Road and was nearly attacked by a Monster from the bushes! It turns out he was harmless though. In all seriousness though I thought this metal contraption was neat thing along side the road. Caledon residents, if you know of something along side the road that may be photo worthy […]
Posted: August 5th, 2009 under Caledon, Photos.
Tags: Caledon, humber station, ontario, Photos
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Caledon Teen Sets Swimming Record for Lake Ontario
Just to update my earlier blog posting. Jade Scognamillo, only 15, years old becomes the youngest to cross Lake Ontario on a solo swim. Her official time was 19 hours, 59 minutes and 49 seconds. Scognamillo touched the wall at Marilyn Bell Park in Toronto just before 6 p.m after swimming through choppy water for […]
Posted: August 2nd, 2009 under News.
Tags: Bolton, Caledon, News, ontario
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Caledon Swimmer to Attempt Lake Ontario Solo Swim
From the CBC.ca: A 15-year-old from Bolton, Ont., has her sights set on becoming the youngest person ever to swim solo across Lake Ontario. Jade Scognamillo set two records last year on neighbouring Lake Erie. She’s now both the youngest and the fastest to cross the lake. This year, she wants to take on the […]
Posted: July 24th, 2009 under News.
Tags: Bolton, Caledon, News, ontario
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Highway 427 Expansion / Extension into Caledon
As most Caledon residents have already discovered over the past year Highway 427 now ends slightly north at Zenway Boulevard which is just slightly above the old terminus of Highway 7. This tiny 800m expansion however is only an Interim Arterial Extension, a York Region Capital Construction Project and not the actual 427 extension which […]
Posted: July 10th, 2009 under News.
Tags: 427, 427 corridor, Caledon, green belt, highway, highway 427, hwy 427, News, Oak Ridges Moraine, ontario
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Deer in Caledon, Ontario in June
Here are a few new photos of some deer I recently took in the Caledon area. Maybe its just me looking a lot closer but it seems like there is more deer around this year compared to last year, well at least in my area. These deer were gracing the field of hay in my […]
Posted: June 26th, 2009 under Caledon, Photos, Wildlife.
Tags: Caledon, deer, ontario, Photos, Wildlife
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Evening Toad
This little guy seems to come around my house every year in the evening. He hops around slowly and follows the same path on most nights. I took a picture of this toad with my Olympus 25mm F2.8 Pancake Lens. I basically just put the camera flat on the ground and used the light coming […]
Posted: June 25th, 2009 under Photos.
Tags: Caledon, frog, ontario, Photos, toad
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