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Briar Hill (Alliston)
Briar Hill may refer to the following places: * Briar Hill, Victoria, Australia * Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill, Calgary, Alberta, Canada * Briar Hill, Michigan, ghost town * Briar Hill (Michigan), the highest point in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, U.S. * Briar Hill, Northamptonshire, England * Briar Hill–Belgravia, Fairbank, Toronto, Canada See also * Brier Hill (other) Brier Hill is a neighborhood in Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. Brier Hill may also refer to: * Brier Hill, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community **Brier Hill (Brier Hill, Pennsylvania), a national historic district * Brier Hill, Ontario, Leeds and th ... * Briarhills, Houston, Texas, U.S. {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Briar Hill, Victoria
Briar Hill is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 km north-east from Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Banyule local government area. Briar Hill recorded a population of 3,220 at the 2021 census. History Briar Hill Post Office opened on 1 September 1924. Briar Hill primary school was opened Education There is a school in the area called Briar Hill Primary School, which was first established in 1927. Facilities Public library service is provided by Yarra Plenty Regional Library. The nearest libraries are at Greensborough, Watsonia and Eltham. Notable people Melbourne-based metal band Twelve Foot Ninja come from Briar Hill. See also * Shire of Diamond Valley – Parts of Briar Hill were previously within this former local government area. * Shire of Eltham The Shire of Eltham was a local government area about northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill, Calgary
Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill is an inner suburban neighbourhood in northwest Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Located north of the Hillhurst and West Hillhurst communities, the boundaries of the district are 16th Avenue N (Trans-Canada Highway)to the north; 14th Street W to the east; Lane north of 7th Avenue N to 19th Street W and 8th Avenue N to the south; and Crowchild Trail, 12th Avenue N, Juniper Road, and 22nd Street W to the west. Lions Park C-Train station and North Hill Centre are located within the community. In the early 90s, a gas station located in the North Hill Centre parking lot was found to have been leaking fuel, contaminating the soil and groundwater in Hounsfield Heights with benzene and 1,2-Dichloroethane. The community is built on an escarpment and is popular for its views of downtown to the south and the Rocky Mountains to the west. The community was annexed by the city of Calgary in 1906, and it was established as a neighbourhood in 1953. Demographics In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Briar Hill, Michigan
Briar, Briars, Brier, or Briers may refer to: * Briar, or brier, common name for a number of unrelated thorny plants that form thicket People * Brier (surname) * Briers, a surname * Briars (surname) Places * Briar, Missouri, U.S. * Briar, Texas, U.S. * Briars Historic Park, Mount Martha, Victoria, Australia * The Briars (Georgina), Ontario, Canada, a lakeside resort * Brier, Washington, U.S. * Briers, Mississippi, , U.S., a ghost town * Brier Island, Nova Scotia, Canada * Briar Creek (other), or Brier Creek * Briar Hill (other) * Brier Hill (other) Buildings * Briars, Saint Helena, a small pavilion in which Napoleon Bonaparte stayed * The Briars (Natchez, Mississippi), U.S., a historic house * The Briars, Wahroonga, Sydney, Australia, a historic house Fictional characters * Briar Moss, from Tamora Pierce's ''Circle of Magic'' and ''Circle Opens'' quartets * Briar Cudgeon, in ''Artemis Fowl'' * Briar, the evil sister of Rose in Bone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Briar Hill (Michigan)
Briar Hill, at 1,706 ft, is the second-highest point in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, behind nearby Grove Hill at 1,709 feet.https://peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=13402 It is entirely within the Manistee National Forest. The area was carved out during the last ice age, and retreating glaciers left large deposits of sand, which created Briar Hill and the nearby Caberfae Hills. The region is subject to heavy lake-effect snow from Lake Michigan Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume () and the third-largest by surface area (), after Lake Superior and Lake Huron. To the east, its basin is conjoined with that o .... No official weather records are maintained on the hill. Fauna in the area includes black bears, coyotes, fisher, marten, mink, white-tailed deer, gray and red foxes, porcupines, river otters and beavers. Access to the area requires bushwhacking as there are no marked trails. Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Briar Hill, Northamptonshire
Briar Hill is a district of Northampton, England, United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North .... References Northampton {{England-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairbank, Toronto
Fairbank is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The area covers a large central portion of the former City of York, Ontario centred on the intersection of Dufferin Street and Eglinton Avenue West. Fairbank includes the neighbourhoods of Briar Hill–Belgravia (North of Eglinton Avenue West) and Caledonia–Fairbank (South of Eglinton Avenue West). The western border is the CNR lines. The northern and southern borders are the former borders of the City of York and the eastern border is Dufferin Street (Oakwood Village). History The area began at the Fairbank Postal Village at the intersection of Vaughan Road (an early settler's street crossing through farmland on the way to Vaughan Township) at Eglinton and Dufferin Street. The postal village name was derived from the Fairbank Farm owned by English settler Matthew Parsons (and named by his father-in-law Jacob Mackay). St Hilda's Anglican church (St. Hilda's Retirement Residence, added in 1975) was built at the Fairbank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brier Hill (other)
Brier Hill is a neighborhood in Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. Brier Hill may also refer to: * Brier Hill, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community **Brier Hill (Brier Hill, Pennsylvania), a national historic district * Brier Hill, Ontario, Leeds and the Thousand Islands See also * Brier (other) Briar, Briars, Brier, or Briers may refer to: * Briar, or brier, common name for a number of unrelated thorny plants that form thicket People * Brier (surname) * Briers, a surname * Briars (surname) Places * Briar, Missouri, U.S. * Bri ..., also Briar * Briar Hill (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
