Barrie Local Clubs and Websites

City Of Barrie

Official city website, with information about its businesses and economy, tourism, municipal departments and community services.
www.barrie.ca/
Barrie Cam
Provides views out of City Hall towards Kempenfelt Bay, as well as significant buildings in the downtown area.
Tourism Barrie - Official Tourism Site for Barrie, Ontario
Tourism Barrie is a Web portal for Barrie, Ontario, Canada. Get Information on accommodations, restaurants, events, and attractions for Barrie Ontario.
Barrie, Ontario - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia"
Barrie is a city of 128430 residents, the 35th largest municipality in Canada. It is located on Kempenfelt Bay
Barrie, Ontario - Weather Forecast - The Weather Network
Local Weather Forecast for Barrie, Ontario, the most accurate weather forecasts for Canada, the US, and the world.
Barrie Pace Clothing, Dresses & Jewelry - Barrie Pace Catalog
Find designer fashions, clothing and accessories from Barrie Pace. Shoes, dresses, jewelry and clothing from the Barrie Pace catalog all available online.
The Barrie School
The Barrie School is an independent school located on a beautiful 45-acre wooded campus in Silver Spring, Maryland
The Barrie Examiner - Ontario, CA
On line edition of the Examiner with news, advertising, and classifieds.
The Barrie House Inspector
Professional Home Inspections for all of Simcoe County starting at $199.00 with a 100% Money-Back guarantee.
The Barrie Home Inspections- Ontario, CA
Have your home inspected by a trained professional. Qualifications are important when your largest investment is at risk.
The J. M. Barrie Society
A site celebrating the works and life of the author, and providing an online email list for discussion thereof.
Barrie Colts
Roster, news, schedule, merchandise, links and multimedia
Barrie
Barrie designs, develops and manufactures highest quality cashmere knitwear for some of the world’s most premier and prestigious couture houses.

Street History of Barrie

On May 15th in 1833 William Hawkins, a provincial land surveyour registered a blue print for the site of Barrie in the township of Vespra and the county of Simcoe. Commodore Barrie is thought to have been present when the original street names were chosen. Dr. "Tiger" Dunlop or his brother Captain Robert Dunlop are thought to be the name sakes for Barrie's main street. Collier Street is also somewhat of a mystery, a choice between Sir George Collier or possibly Edward Collier and captain at that time. Worsley and Poyntz were named after naval captains of frigates on the Great Lakes. Clapperton was named after a captain of a gun boat. Ross street was probably named after the surveyor who owned a large tract of land abutting it. Most names are thought to be taken from Military figures of the time. Barrie is now one of the largest towns supporting Base Borden, a training base, and regulary hosts military commanders to commemorate events.

Barrie Advance
A Barrie local newspapers. Includes news, horoscopes, classifieds, real estate and all the other features of a newspaper.
Barrie Public Library - Home Page
A guide to library resources and services available to residents of Barrie and Oro/Medonte. Do research 24/7, renew items, find community resources and more
Barrie, ON Community Website
Barrie, Ontario: Barrie's Online Community - a Barrie web directory, guide, and portal serving Barrie, Ontario and area.
Barrie Police Service | Committed to our Community
Official site of the Barrie Police service. Provides general information about its operations and contacts as well as daily-updated press releases, ...
Kijiji Barrie Classifieds: Free Classified Ads for Barrie, Ontario
Visit Kijiji for Canada's largest and most visited free classifieds site with over one million ads. Categories include buy & sell, cars, pets, jobs, homes, ...
Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerce
News releases, newsletter and member information as well as a look at what their mission is.
little barrie
14 Jan 2008 VOTE FOR LITTLE BARRIE! more 09 Jul 2007 TOUR DATES UPDATED! ... 12 Mar 2005 LITTLE BARRIE ON 6 MUSIC more 12 Mar 2005 NEW TOUR DATES ...
Welcome to Barrie Speedway
This 1/4 mile paved oval located in Barrie.
Rock 95 - Barrie's Rock Station 95.7 FM
Local news, RealAudio feed, and requests
Barrie Baycats Baseball Club Official Homepage
Members of Ontario's Inter-County Baseball League, presenting their player roster and coaching staff, news and results, promotions and community
James M. Barrie - Biography and Works
James M. Barrie. Biography of James M. Barrie and a searchable collection of works.
Barrie Hotels, Barrie Vacations & Tourism, Barrie Attractions ...
Barrie, ON, Canada vacations: Find the best Barrie hotels, attractions, maps, pictures, weather, airport information, travel advice and more on Yahoo!
Barrie Hydro Distribution Inc.
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Welcome to
Based on the location and condition of the human remains, Barrie Police are ... COM is an online publication serving the communities of Barrie, Alliston, ...
Barrie Folk Society
Organizes and participates in musical and artistic events in the area. Includes a schedule.
Ontario's Family Ski, Snowboard & Tubing Area | Snow Valley Barrie
Snow Valley Barrie Ontario offers great skiing, snowboarding and tubing for the entire family.
Barrie WEB - web hosting, website design, search engine
Offers web site design, graphic design, web programming, web hosting, domain registration, web marketing and E-Commerce Solutions.
Rotary Club of Barrie
Welcome to Rotary... Things go better when you're here.
Barrie Curling Club
The latest club news, information about the curling facilities and learn about the curling leagues.
The Barrie Agricultural Society and Event Centre
A 38 acre site which can host a variety of events from weddings to business conventions to rodeos. Also host site for the annual Barrie Fair.
Barrie Harley-Davidson
Looks at the Canadian Dealer of the Year for 1999. Sales, service, pre-owned bikes, parts and accessories, motor clothes and collectibles.
The Barrie School
Offers specialty camp in addition to regular day camp for kids ages 3 1/2 to 14 in Silver Spring, MD. Description of programs and activities, photos

Barrie the Community
Barrie is a vibrant and attractive city with swimmable beaches and challenging ski opportunities on our doorstep. An abundance of parkland, totalling over 90 parks, comprising in excess of 300 ha. are scattered throughout the city. Several of these parks line beautiful Kempenfelt Bay with extensive biking, roller blading and walking trails. Cultural attractions include the renowned Gryphon Theatre, and international concert and performance venue at the, a 4,200 seat multi-purpose entertainment facility, and the $120 Million, health care facility was constructed in 1997 adjacent to Georgian College. The location provides easy access for those in need of its services. The hospital provides 297 acute care beds and 270 operational beds. The hospital location adjacent to the college provides a unique opportunity for cooperative training, research and clinical trials, unequaled in North America.The City is home to a 40,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art public library, located in at the junction of Worsley and Owen Street. Barrie Public Library is open 7 days a week and houses a multimedia collection that serves residents of all ages in the City of Barrie. Alongside usual library services the library also offers free Internet access to patrons, plus a wide variety of adult and children’s programmes. Information Barrie is a service of the Barrie Public Library, providing information about community groups, agencies, government offices, churches, daycare, schools, etc.

Barrie Home Inspectors
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The City of Barrie

The city of Barrie was created at the end of the nine-mile portage and was originally on Toronto Lake, as Lake Simcoe was known then. In 1814 the British Expeditionary forces used the Toronto Carrying Place and the Nine Mile Portage to reach Lake Huron. It is at the Nine Mile Portage that the birth of Barrie began. This was an alternative route that grew out of the need for a route to replace the Ottawa French river route that was closed by the successes of the Americans in the Detroit area efectively closing that route off to the British.

Liet.-Governor Simcoe memorialized his father by changing the name of Toronto Lake to Lake Simcoe. He then named the surrounding bays after his friends and teachers. Todays Highway 93 closely follows the route from Kempenfelt Bay to Penetanquishene harbour. Willow creek has been the site of recent restoration in commemoration of the portages and forts that were built in that era.

It was during the building of the "Nine Mile Portage" that the city of Barrie was created. Most of the streets still exist to this day, with the exception of Marks Street, which was lost to Simcoe Street and Sunnidale Road, which was lost to Ross Street and Macdougall which was lost to McDonald Street. There was a wharf being operated at the end of Owen street and according to note of the day the water level was at four and half feet, this is much higher than the levels of today. The 1842 survey of Barrie by Thomas Parke some of the street names that Hawkins survey had indicated.

Barrie, was the county seat at the time the first railway was built and at the time had declined to contribute to the new railway. This lack of support on the part of Barrie is thought to be the main reason the railway bypassed Barrie and ended up in Allendale. The railway had its start with "Conflict of Interest" issues when the city of Toronto issued debentures to fund the railway and with this knowledge the Toronto Mayor and Hincks apparently purchased them at a twenty percent discount. The conflict continued with Barrie city members and thus Allendale ended up with the railway. Barrie tried for 12 years to gain access to the railway, then finally when the track was extended to Orillia, Barrie finally got its railway. No the railway track has been downgraded to a walking trail, It is ironic that the return of the railway was originally planned for the old depot located in Allendale.

A letter from W.H. Smith mentions the "much thought about canal" which was never to be with the opening of the railway line. He said:

Should the contemplated canal from Kempenfelt to Lake Huron through Willow Creek and the Nottawasaga River ever be formed, Barrie, which is now in the woods, will have uninnterupted water communication with the St Lawrence. At present the road from Barrie to Holland Landing, is, in the spring and the fall, almost impassable for waggons. The road to Penetanguishene is much better, running for the most part along a stony ridge of land. The banks of the bay have a rather sombre appearance, being almost devoid of clearing: most of the timber on the banks is pine. Town lots of a quarter of an acre, in the old survey (or original town-plot) are in the hands of private individuals, and sell from 20 to 50 lbs each, some higher. ( this is an excerpt from Smith's Canadian Gazeteer for 1846)

 

 

78,965. City in Simcoe C. at the head of Kempenfelt Bay offL. Simcoe and Hwys 26 & 400 and C. Rds. 4,20,40 & 90,78 km N of Toronto. The first building was a Hudson's Bay Company storehouse in 1812. The first dwelling was a log house built in 1815 for Sir George Head, who had come to supervise a proposed naval establishment at Penetanguishene, 49 km NW on Severn Sound off Georgian Bay. The settlement was first called Nine Mile Portage. The portage was cleared during the War of 1812 as a supply route to military establishments at Penetanguishene. It ran from the site of present-day Barrie at the headwaters of Kempenfeldt Bay to Willow Cr. In 1812 the site of Barrie was surveyed by Capt. Oliver of the Royal Navy, who bought land and called the place Barry for Capt. Robert Barry, commander of the 15th Regiment of York. When the post office opened in 1832, it was named Barrie after (British) Commodore Robert Barrie, who . In 1831, nine black veterans of 'the War of 1812 accepted land grants along what is now Wilberforce Street, forming the only government-sponsored black settlement in Upper Canada. A community of about 100 settlers flourished briefly, but the poor soil and harsh dimate discouraged them and the settlement was gradually abandoned. Barrie has been home to many prominent people over the years. Hewitt Bernard (1825-1893) was a native of Jamaica who settled in Barrie in 1851 and opened a law practice. He accompanied John A. Macdonald to the Charlottetown conference in 1864 and served as secretary of the Quebec and London Conferences, which laid the groundwork for Confederation. Andrew Frederick Hunter (1863-1940) was an active member of the Canadian Institute and the Ontario Historical Society. He undertook extensive research on the history and archaeology of Huronia, and his published Writings encouraged the study of local history throughout the province. William Edward Gallie (1882-1959) was a distinguished surgeon and teacher. While practicing at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto he devised revolutionary techniques in tissue transplant and bone repair that are now practiced throughout the world The city holds North America's largest annual dog show, Canada's largest flea market, and a winter carnival on the frozen waters of Kempenfelt Bay. Barrie's oldest public building is an octagonal jail completed in 1842 and still in use. In 2004, Barrie was the site of the biggest drug bust ever staged in Canada. Police raided a former brewery beside busy Hwy 400 and seized $30 million of marijuana and sophisticated agricultural equipment.