Ansnorveldt is a hamlet located at the northeastern extent of
King Township, in
Ontario
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, Canada. It is located in the
Holland Marsh
The Holland Marsh is a wetland and agricultural area in Ontario, Canada, about north of Toronto. It lies entirely within the valley of the Holland River, stretching from the northern edge of the Oak Ridges Moraine near Schomberg to the river mo ...
, north of
Highway 9. Whereas most of King township is in the
Oak Ridges—Markham
Oak Ridges—Markham was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015. Its population in 2006 was 169,645., with 136,755 electors, the highest of any riding in Canad ...
electoral district, Ansnorveldt and all other portions of King north of Highway 9 are part of the
York—Simcoe
York—Simcoe is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979, from 1988 to 1997 and since 2004.
It covers part of the region north of Toronto by Lake Simcoe.
...
electoral district, represented federally by
Scot Davidson
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and provincially by
Caroline Mulroney
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of the
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
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.
Geography
Located in the fertile Holland Marsh, the area is considered to be the ''Breadbasket of Ontario''. The Ansnorveldt Wetland Complex, which is a provincially significant wetland area, is located on the edge of the Holland Marsh; its southern extent reaches the northern slopes of the geologically important
Oak Ridges Moraine
The Oak Ridges Moraine is an ecologically important geological landform in the Mixedwood Plains of south-central Ontario, Canada. The moraine covers a geographic area of between Caledon and Rice Lake, near Peterborough. One of the most signif ...
. The wetlands in the complex are hydrologically connected along a discharge zone at the base of the Oak Ridges Moraine.
History
Ansnorveldt is a contraction of the Dutch "An Snor's Veldt" meaning "On Snor's Field" after John Snorr, a pioneering founder of the area from Netherlands.
On October 15, 1954, Ansnorveldt was affected by
Hurricane Hazel
Hurricane Hazel was the deadliest, second costliest, and most intense hurricane of the 1954 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm killed at least 469 people in Haiti before striking the United States near the border between North and South ...
. Indeed, the hamlet was inundated with water.
In 2004, Ansnorveldt won the Provincial title of "Communities in Bloom".
Education and culture
The private King Christian School (formerly called the Holland Marsh District Christian School), affiliated with the Ontario Alliance of Christian Schools, was located in the hamlet, until 2015, when they relocated to a new location on Bathurst Street in East Gwillimbury. The Ansnorveldt Public Library, a branch of the
King Township Public Library
The King Township Public Library is a public library system that serves King Township, Ontario in Canada. It consists of four branches located in King City, Nobleton, Schomberg, and Ansnorveldt.
The library rotates certain books through the ...
, is located in the Hamlet and provides residents with 24/7 self-service pickup of library materials.
See also
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List of unincorporated communities in Ontario
The following is a list of unincorporated and informal communities in the province of Ontario, Canada. These communities are not independent communities, these are usually a part of a township for the district, within a county. In non-urban areas, ...
Notes
References
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Communities in King, Ontario