Haliburton County, Ontario - Canadian Land and Emigration Company, the Arts Council Halibcanadian Land and Emigration Company, the Arts Council Haliburton Highlands, Haliburton Sculpture Forest Urton Highlands, Haliburton Sculpture Forest (Paperback)

Chapters: Canadian Land and Emigration Company, the Arts Council haliburton Highlands, Haliburton Sculpture Forest. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Haliburton is a county of Ontario, Canada, known as a tourist and cottage area in Southern Ontario for its scenery and for its resident artists. Minden Hills is the county seat. Haliburton County was established in 1983, but had existed as the Provisional County of Haliburton since 1874. Haliburton County and the village of Haliburton, are named after Thomas Chandler Haliburton, author, statesman, and the first chairman of the Canadian Land and Emigration Company. Haliburton is a village on Head Lake inside Haliburton County which is its namesake. The county also contains the village of Minden, as well as the smaller communities of Wilberforce, Gooderham, Irondale, Cardiff, West Guilford, Eagle Lake and Fort Irwin. The county borders Algonquin Park on the north. The county is serviced by two hospitals, one in Haliburton and one in Minden. Both are administrated by Haliburton Highlands Health Services. Haliburton County is dubbed the "Haliburton Highlands." This is in part attributed to its similarity to the Scottish Highlands, and the Scottish ancestry of the founding population. The Haliburton Highlands region is also one of the higher points on the Canadian Shield, ranging from 1066 ft ASL at the Stanhope International Airport to 1450 ft ASL at Sir Sam's Ski Resort in Eagle Lake. Lakes Haliburton county is spotted with many rivers and lakes, included endorheic lakes fueled by natural springs. Some of the major lakes are as follows: Haliburton County's economy is dominated by tourism, due to the regions many lakes and rivers. The ratio of properties occupied in the summer months, to properties occu...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=39375