Newmarket Travel Guide

 Faiza-Ifrah Says:  We were able to wade through the creek by the remains of an old dam, which was still visible in the creek. In the 1950s, a hotel in the valley was a popular vacation spot and the river was dammed for swimming. People often skiied on the hill on the south side of the creek.... 

 Faiza-Ifrah Says:  The official trail leading up the ridge seemed easy, but made all us hikers, including K2, our great white Kuvasz pup, toil under a bright early fall sun. The view from the top of the ridge was beautiful. The colours had just started turning into various colours of red,... 

 Faiza-Ifrah Says:  We walked on the gravel path and ended up on the scenic outlook with a pretty view of autumn foliage. Down in the valley, we could see the Rouge River and Little Rouge Creek valleys and a rock on the other side of the valley, which is a provincially-significant geologic... 

 mikey_e Says:  The Registry Office of North York (not to be confused with the city now incorporated into Toronto), is quite obviously an old outpost of the province's administrative structure in this established community. Today its serves as a sort of municipal museum, documenting the... 

 mikey_e Says:  St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church is somewhat reminiscent of the church of the same name (although of a different sect) on King Street in Toronto. Its solid rock structure contrasts with the lighter and more typical buildings of the other sects that dot the area of the... 

 mikey_e Says:  I have to admit that, since I visited Newmarket and took these pictures, I've forgotten exactly why I photographed it - but I do know that is a Baptist church. I do know that it is older than the Trinity United Church (the plaque above the door is from 1872) and that, today,... 

 mikey_e Says:  Trinity United Church was originally constructed in 1879 as a Methodist church but, since the conglomeration of Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregationalist churches in the 1920s, has been a United church. It forms part of the historic buildings on Main Street, even though... 

 mikey_e Says:  One of the many historic buildings along the Main Street strip is this red-brick Post Office, which is pretty typical of a southern Ontario town. Its clock tower (which barely reaches over the roofs of the surrounding buildings) was probably quite significant when the post... 

 mikey_e Says:  Old Town Hall in Newmarket is hardly a big tourist attraction, but it does help to add to the historic character of the Main Street district. I believe that it is now used primarily as a theatre/play house, and its architecture is somewhat traditional for small town Ontario.... 

 mikey_e Says:  In 1801, a Vermont Quaker by the name of Timothy Rogers dammed a part of the Holland River and built a grist mill at the site of the dam. Settlers began to build homes near the site of the mill and thus the nucleus of what would later become Newmarket was born. Today, Fairy... 

 mikey_e Says:  If you drive up Yonge Street into Newmarket, you are likely to get the impression that this is nothing more than an extension of the massive urban sprawl that now connects the city of Toronto with Barrie at Lake Simcoe. Not true! Newmarket is actually a historic settlement... 

 Faiza-Ifrah Says:  NatureRouge Park changes with each season. Mast Trail • In warm weather one can get sweaty as ferns and lush understorey plants cover the forest floor. Rouge Beach • This gets heavily populated in summers. Canada Geese, Gulls, and Trumpeter Swans can be seen in the marshes.... 

 mikey_e Says:  It is pretty uncommon to find houses built with siding in the suburbs near Toronto, but the houses in Newmarket offer a much wider variety of building materials and styles. Some are done with siding, others in brick, and many of the structures that are designed to be...