Welcome to "My Home Town"
Let me share with you my home town. Get some great info on places to stay and things to do in "The Ice Fishing Capital".
Georgina may be the Ice Fishing Capital, but it is also a great country community with tons to offer the visitor. Have you thought about visiting the Lake Simcoe area?
Summer brings a lot of folks up from Toronto on day trips to visit our provincial park and local beaches.
Find local places of interest on this page. Small gift shops offering unique gifts and treasures to take home. If you visit in the fall, I know a great apple orchard that serves freshly made hot apple cider and freshly baked pies and goodies...can you smell the home baked apples drifting through the door?
A little bit of trivia....The quaint, but thriving Village of Sutton reflects the rich history of Georgina. Like many other settlements in Ontario, industry was the driving force behind the Village's origin. The site was first a dam, impeding the flow of Black River three miles in from Lake Simcoe.
It was named Bouchier Mills after the pioneer who built the dam in 1831. The settlement gradually grew with the addition of a gristmill and a general store. Soon the Village added a Post Office (the first in Georgina) and a schoolhouse, which also served as a house of worship until 1858 and as a Town Hall until the mid-1850's. In 1864, after more growth including the building of St. James Anglican Church, the Village's name was changed from Bouchier Mills to Sutton.
Today Sutton is a lively community, with proud roots that are still reflected in the charming character of this "Upper Canadian" village.
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