Penetanguishene
Penetanguishene is a town of about 9,000 in Simcoe County. Penetang sits on the south end of Georgian Bay, part of Lake Huron.Photo: Dabbler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Central North Correctional Centre and Burkevale Protestant Separate School.
Central North Correctional Centre
Prison
The Central North Correctional Centre formerly known as "The Superjail" is a maximum security prison located in Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada. During its period of private management from 2001 to 2006, it was the only privately-run adult correctional facility in Canada.
Burkevale Protestant Separate School
School
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The Protestant Separate School Board of the Town of Penetanguishene is a separate English-language school board headquartered in Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada.
Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care
Hospital
Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care, formerly known as Mental Health Centre Penetanguishene, is a 315-bed hospital providing mental health, addictions and geriatric care, located on Georgian Bay in the Town of Penetanguishene, approximately 150 kilometres north of Toronto. Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care is situated 4 km north of Penetanguishene.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Midland.
Midland
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Midland is a town in Simcoe County, Ontario on the shores of Georgian Bay. A beautiful area for a vacation by the water, it draws many tourists, particularly in summertime. It is home to about 17,000 people…
Penetanguishene
- Categories: lower-tier municipality of Ontario and locality
- Location: Simcoe County, Central Ontario, Ontario, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.7688° or 44° 46′ 8″ northLongitude
-79.9339° or 79° 56′ 2″ westPopulation
8,960Elevation
243 metres (797 feet)United Nations Location Code
CA PTHOpen location code
87P2Q398+GCOpenStreetMap ID
node 265754321OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Penetanguishene” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بنيتنجويشين”
- Arabic: “بينيتانجويشين”
- Asturian: “Penetanguishene”
- Atikamekw: “Penetanguishene”
- Bulgarian: “Пенетангуишин”
- Cebuano: “Penetanguishene”
- Danish: “Penetanguishene”
- Dutch: “Penetanguishene”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بينيتانجويشين”
- French: “Penetanguishene”
- German: “Penetang”
- German: “Penetanguishene”
- Hebrew: “פנטאנגוישנה”
- Italian: “Penetang”
- Italian: “Penetanguishene”
- Japanese: “ペネタンギシェネ”
- Japanese: “ペネッタンギシェン”
- Persian: “پنتنگویشین”
- Polish: “Penetanguishene”
- Portuguese: “Penetanguishene”
- Russian: “Пенетангуишин”
- Serbian: “Penetanguishene”
- Serbian: “Penetangvišin”
- Serbian: “Пенетангвишин”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Penetanguishene”
- Spanish: “Penetanguishene”
- Swedish: “Penetanguishene”
- Turkish: “Penetanguishene”
- Urdu: “پینی ٹینگوشین”
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