Glen Williams
"Beautiful spot! A perfect oasis in the leafy desert…." Such were the first impressions of a traveller who arrived in the Glen in 1847. Glen Williams is a tiny village, a hamlet, in the Credit River valley just north of Georgetown, a 45 minute drive west of Toronto.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ken Heaton, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Ken Heaton, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as: “Glen Williams, Ontario”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Georgetown GO Station and Halton Hills Public Library.
Georgetown GO Station
Railway station
Georgetown GO Station is a railway station in Georgetown, Ontario, Canada. It is served by GO Transit's Kitchener line and Via Rail's Toronto-Sarnia trains. It is located west of Mountainview Road North at 55 Queen Street.
Halton Hills Public Library
Library
Photo: JFVoll, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Halton Hills Public Library is the public library system for the Town of Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. Through its two branches and its website, www.hhpl.on.ca, the Halton Hills Public Library provides a range of services for Halton Hills residents.
Georgetown Hospital
Hospital
Photo: JFVoll, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Georgetown Hospital is a community hospital located in the Georgetown area of Halton Hills, Ontario. It is one of three hospitals operated by Halton Healthcare.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Georgetown and Limehouse.
Georgetown
Photo: Allen McGregor, CC BY 2.0.
Georgetown is the largest community in the town of Halton Hills in the Halton region of the Greater Toronto Area.
Limehouse
Hamlet
Limehouse is a community in the Town of Halton Hills in southern Ontario, Canada. It has a population of about 800 people and its closest neighbours are Georgetown and Acton. Limehouse has many hills, trails and even a small school. Limehouse is situated 6 km southwest of Glen Williams.
Norval
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Norval is an unincorporated community in the town of Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada, within the Regional Municipality of Halton. Situated on the Credit River at the intersection of Highway 7 and Winston Churchill Boulevard, it is located immediately east of Georgetown and approximately 3 km west of the current urban boundary of Brampton. Norval is situated 6 km southeast of Glen Williams.
Glen Williams
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Halton, Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.668° or 43° 40′ 5″ northLongitude
-79.927° or 79° 55′ 37″ westElevation
241 metres (791 feet)Open location code
87M2M39F+65OpenStreetMap ID
node 558610494OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Glen Williams” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Glen Williams”
- French: “Glen Williams”
- Pennsylvania German: “Williams Taunschip, Ontario”
- Pennsylvania German: “Williams Taunschip”
- Spanish: “Glen Williams (Ontario)”
- Spanish: “Glen Williams”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Glen Williams”. Photo: Ken Heaton, CC BY-SA 4.0.