Mount Joy is a community located in the north part of
Markham Markham may refer to:
Biology
* Markham's storm-petrel (''Oceanodroma markhami''), a seabird species found in Chile and Colombia
* Markham's grass mouse (''Abrothrix olivaceus markhami''), a rodent subspecies found on Wellington Island and the ne ...
,
Ontario
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,
Canada
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near
Highway 48 and
16th Avenue and part of the former Township of Markham.
Mount Joy became a police village in 1907, but absorbed
into Markham Village in 1915. A non-farm settlement developed
on Main Street North and Peter Street from Beech Street to 16th Avenue. Like
Quantztown, the former farm land in the area has given way to new homes. Only a handful of homes on Peter Street, former George Rodd General Store / Mount Joy
Post Office and the old Mount Joy Public School (built 1907 and closed 1969) are left of the former police village. The area north of 16th Avenue to Bur Oak Avenue emerged in the 1980s and not part of the original police village.
Parks and recreation
* Mount Joy Park
Mount Joy Community Centre
Mount Joy Community Centre opened in 1988 consists of an indoor ice arena and a larger outdoor soccer pitch/football field.
[http://www.markham.ca/wps/portal/Markham/RecreationCulture/CommunityCentres/locations/mount-joy-community-centre/]
Transportation
GO Transit
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's
Stouffville Line
Stouffville is one of the seven train lines of the GO Transit system in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada. Its southern terminus is Union Station in Toronto, and its northern terminus is (formerly "Lincolnville") in Whitchurch-Stouff ...
has a station stop,
Mount Joy, on the borders of this community. The station is also served by GO bus routes 70 and 71. 71 runs between Union Station and Uxbridge, while 70 runs between Unionville and Uxbridge.
York Region Transit
York Region Transit (YRT) is the public transit operator in York Region, Ontario, Canada. Its headquarters are in Richmond Hill, at 50 High Tech Road.
YRT operates 65 full-time rush hour and limited routes, 35 school services, and six Viva ...
routes 16 and 18 pass through this area. The area is also served by YRT's 407 Express routes 300, 301, 303, and 304, all of which terminate at Mount Joy GO Station.
Culture
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Markham Museum
Markham Museum (originally founded as The Markham District Historical Museum) is a open-air museum located in Markham, Ontario
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There are many Halal Restaurants who bring a variety of South Asian, Central Asian and Middle Eastern cuisines.
Some Italian Food Shops like Pizza and Pasta are easily found in the area.
Religion
* Islamic Centre of Markham / Masjid Darul Iman (http://www.daruliman.org/)
* Cham Shan Buddhist Temple has a satellite location south of the Mount Joy GO Station
References
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Neighbourhoods in Markham, Ontario