Thorah Township is a former municipality that today is a

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in the municipality of Brock,

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History

The township was established as part of York County in . The origin of the name is unclear; it may have been named for the

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, the first five books of the

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, known to those in the Jewish faith as the

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. The Township was incorporated in 1850 and transferred to Ontario County upon its formation in 1852. The Village of Beaverton, originally part of the township, was incorporated as a separate municipality in 1884. Part of the

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was constructed through the northern portion of the Township and opened in 1907. With the creation of Durham Region in 1974, Thorah was amalgamated with then-Brock Township and the Villages of Beaverton and Cannington to create an expanded Township of Brock.

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Former municipalities in Ontario Geographic townships in Ontario Communities in the Regional Municipality of Durham 1820 establishments in Canada Populated places disestablished in 1974 {{ontario-geo-stub

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