Country Getaways in Ontario: Driving in Downtown Uxbridge

On July 12 and 13, 2008 I took a little jaunt out of the city. I wanted to plan a getaway that would be within less than an hours drive from Toronto, as a little experiment to see what tourism opportunities there are close to the big city. Well, I lucked out, I found a beautiful bed and breakfast, Landfall Farm B&B, just outside Port Perry. On Saturday morning I went rollerblading on the Lake Ontario Waterfront Trail in Ajax and marveled at the summer fog that was hanging over the lake. No photo opportunities there...




Then finally on Sunday the weather cleared up around noon and gave me the perfect opportunity to shoot some photos and videos in the bright sun. My first stop on my way home was Port Perry: a quaint Victorian era town that was first settled in 1848. Port Perry is located on Lake Scugog, an artificial lake that was created when a local settler dammed the Scugog River to power his grist mill in 1834. Today Lake Scugog is a popular destination for fishing, and it features several daily sightseeing cruises aboard the MV Woodman, a vessel built in the style of 19th century steamships. Port Perry is also very popular for all the specialty stores, restaurants and boutiques that are located on its main street, Queen Street. The town's Victorian era architecture has been lovingly restored and maintained.




After a drive through the beautiful rolling hills of the Oak Ridges Moraine I made a final stop in Uxbridge, a quaint small town in Durham Region that was first surveyed in 1805. Although not quite as dressed up as Port Perry, Uxbridge is an attractive town with a Victorian Main Street that features a variety of retail stores and restaurants. I drove home towards the city on a number of small country roads, past forests, farmland and a variety of golf courses. Tourism opportunities definitely do exist within less than an hour of Toronto.




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[asgfen]

u forgot to mention all the pot heads in uxbridge, trust me i live there

[asgfen]

its not a cute little country town dumbass, i lived in uxbridge my whole live

[TheCanadianPickle]

Omg memories :*)

[taylorcooldude]

poppers

[snowzknight]

@MrKImmerer125

Try coming down off of whatever uppers you're one. I bet it won't be such a great place.

[snowzknight]

Uxbridge is a heritage town. If the heritage is early roman where orgies, social suicide, murder, mob violence, and incest took place than I can understand why they call it that.

However, given that it isn't I have no choice but to belittle it to the point that it has no legs to stand on (Either because they were stolen or broken).

My advice? Steer clear. As for the golf courses? Theres plenty better everywhere else.

[snowzknight]

@brettfallow

Oh dear god, you're just a youngling!

[snowzknight]

@brettfallow

That's some awesome reasoning skills, and some pretty impressive grammar skills. Did you write all that by yourself or did the collective mind of the populace you hang out with put that together?

Either way it goes, you're a fucking clusterfuck of retards and whores, kinda like the two people it took to give birth to you.

[brettfallow]

@snowzknight

hahaha id liek to see you come say that to some of the kids face you douchefuck.

get off the ps3 and get fucking laid homo.

come find me and il lshow you what we fucking do you dumb fuck.

hill billies ? buddy at least we can party, and were called druggies for that ? ahahaha thats a fucking joke.