Northern Ontario

If you are a bred and born Torontonian, or a new resident living in Toronto you may at different times try to define where "Northern Ontario" really begins and, "Southern Ontario" ends. At a recent luncheon, a new Toronto resident informed me that she drove "a way up north to Barrie". This is where perception and reality sometimesdiverge as the City of Barrie billboard on Highway 400, indicated that Barrie is in Southern Ontario. There is continued controversy over the location of "Muskoka". For political purposes, or financial funding Muskoka was placed in Northern Ontario, and is now being re-located to Southern Ontario by the new Liberal McGuinty government. ..........................for complete story click here.