Beeton is a small community located in southern
Simcoe County,
Ontario, Canada between
Tottenham and
Alliston; all three were amalgamated in 1991 into the single Town of
New Tecumseth. Beeton was named for a local apiary. Formerly known as Clarksville for Robert Clark, an early settler; the name changed to Beeton in 1878.
Demographics
*Population: 3,891 (2016 Census)
*Location: Ontario, Canada
*Postal code: L0G 1A0
*Area code: +1-
North American area code 905
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*Elevation: about 200 m (700 ft)
Education
Beeton has one public elementary school (Tecumseth Beeton Elementary School) and one Catholic elementary school (Monsignor J.E Ronan Catholic School).
Railway
Beeton was a stop on the
Hamilton and North-Western Railway. The railway split just north of the townsite, at a location then known as Allimil, running northeast through
Cookstown
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to
Barrie and northwest through
Alliston to
Collingwood. The line was later taken over by the
Grand Trunk Railway, eventually turning into
Canadian National Railways
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.
Canadian Pacific Railway
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constructed a second line just to the west of town, and the CNR right-of-way was closed in the 1970s. The portion of the CNR railway running from Beeton south to
Tottenham is now used for the
South Simcoe Railway, a
heritage railway
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.
See also
*
List of unincorporated communities in Ontario
References
External links
Communities in Simcoe County
Populated places established in 1836
1836 establishments in the British Empire
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