Regional Municipality of Durham
Regional Municipality of Durham, Regional municipality in Southern Ontario, Canada
Description
The Regional Municipality of Durham is an administrative division in southern Ontario that brings together eight municipalities between Lake Ontario and the northern farmland. The territory runs from urban shoreline places to forested hills inland.
History
The regional government was created in 1974 by merging territories from Ontario County and the united counties of Northumberland and Durham. This reorganization brought smaller communities under a shared regional structure.
Culture
The territorial name honors Lord Durham, whose 1839 report influenced Canadian political development. Today residents use the waterfront communities and inland rural areas in different ways.
Practical
Public transport links the municipalities through a bus network and rail lines toward Toronto, while roads pass through farmland and wooded areas in the north. Access to the shoreline zones follows continuous waterfront roads with connections inland.
Did you know?
Automotive plants and post-secondary institutions shape the economic landscape between shoreline and farmland. Visitors often notice the shift from suburbs to open fields within a few kilometers.
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