Thorton Woods

Thorton Woods is a locality in Oshawa, Durham, Ontario. Thorton Woods is situated nearby to the area North Oshawa, as well as near the locality Cedar Dale.

Places of Interest

Highlights include R. S. McLaughlin Collegiate and Vocational Institute and Monsignor Paul Dwyer Catholic High School.

R. S. McLaughlin Collegiate and Vocational Institute

School

R.S. McLaughlin Collegiate and Vocational Institute—also known as MCVI— is a secondary school located in Oshawa, Ontario within the Durham District School Board.

Monsignor Paul Dwyer Catholic High School

School

Monsignor Paul Dwyer Catholic High School, commonly referred to as Dwyer, is a Catholic high school in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada within the Durham Catholic District School Board.

Parkwood Estate

Park

Photo: Robert AD Scott, Public domain.

The Parkwood Estate, located in Oshawa, Ontario, was the residence of Samuel McLaughlin and was home to the McLaughlin family from 1917 until 1972. The residence was designed by Darling and Pearson, a noted Toronto architectural firm, with construction starting in 1916.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oshawa and Whitby.

Oshawa

Photo: Shaundd, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Oshawa is a city of 160,000 people in southern Ontario, 50 km east of Toronto. Oshawa has been a centre of Canada's automotive industry since the early 20th century, and is home to the Canadian Automotive Museum.

Whitby

Photo: The Cosmonaut, CC BY-SA 2.5 ca.

Whitby, a suburb directly west of Oshawa, is in the heart of the Durham region, 48 km east of Toronto, in the eastern part of the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario. It has a population of 140,000 people.

Brooklin

Suburb

Photo: PascalHD, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brooklin is a community in the town of Whitby, Ontario, Canada, north of central Whitby, at the south junction of Ontario Highways 12 and 7. While Brooklin proper is confined to a specific area, people in the surrounding area largely identify their location as "Brooklin" rather than "Whitby". Brooklin is situated 8 km northwest of Thorton Woods.

Thorton Woods

Type: Locality
Location: Oshawa, Durham, Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude

43.90349° or 43° 54′ 13″ north

Longitude

-78.89142° or 78° 53′ 29″ west

Elevation

118 metres (387 feet)

Open location code

87M3W435+9C

GeoNames ID

6165754

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