Summary for Simcoe Island

Although we found mention of Simcoe Island during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Over time, we expect to discover additional information that will be added to our Gazetteer..

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Typical Abbreviation: Simcoe Is.

Time Zone: Simcoe Island lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) The time zone in French: EST- Heure Normale de l'Est (HNE), EDT- Heure Avancée de l'Est (HAE).

Telephone Area Codes: 613, 343 & 753<2>

GPS Coordinates (Latitude/Longitude)<3>

For the purpose of mapping and calculating distances, we have chosen the following reference point for Simcoe Island:

Lat: 44.161400° (or 44°9'41" N)

Lon: -76.526100° (or -76°31'33" W)

About Ontario

Websites for Province of Ontario

Official Website: https://www.ontario.ca/

Tourism: https://www.ontariotravel.net/

Parks: https://www.ontarioparks.ca/

Fishing: https://www.ontario.ca/page/fishing

Hunting: https://www.ontario.ca/page/hunting

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>	If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Simcoe Island and then turned east". While Simcoe Island could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Simcoe Island as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Simcoe Island could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. Since confusion between is common, we searched and weren't able to find another Ontario community named Simcoe Island.
<2>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 613 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 343 or 753. New phone numbers in the Simcoe Island area will be assigned with one of these codes: 613, 343 or 753. As a result, placing a call in the Simcoe Island area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<3>	Longitude & latitude values may not be the geographic center of Simcoe Island, rather it may be a prominent intersection or the center of population, etc. It will vary depending on the source.