| Municipality of Clarington | |
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| Motto: Leading the Way | |
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| Coordinates: 43°56′06″N 78°36′30″W / 43.935°N 78.60833°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| Region | Durham Region |
| Established | 1974 |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | Jim Abernethy |
| - Governing body | Clarington Council |
| - MP | Bev Oda (Durham) |
| - MPP | John O'Toole (Durham) |
| Area | |
| - Total | 611.1 km2 (235.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 106 m (348 ft) |
| Population (2006)[1] | |
| - Total | 77,820 |
| - Density | 127.3/km2 (329.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| - Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| Website | clarington.net clarington-tourism.ca |
Clarington is a municipality in Ontario, Canada in the Regional Municipality of Durham. It took its present name in 1994 after having been known as the Town of Newcastle from 1974-93. The name change was made to alleviate long-standing confusion between the municipality as a whole and the included village of the same name. Bowmanville is the largest community in the municipality and is the home of the municipal offices.
The name "Clarington" is a portmanteau of the names of the two historical townships that made up the geographic area: "Clarke" and "Darlington".
It is part of the Oshawa, Ontario Census Metropolitan Area, and the Greater Toronto Area.
Major employers in Clarington include the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station, General Motors in Oshawa, and several medium-to-large sized manufacturing businesses; however, most residents travel to points west in Durham Region or to Toronto for employment.
Clarington was a candidate in the race to host ITER in 2001,[2] but the Canadian bid to host the project was withdrawn two years later.
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Local government
Clarington is governed by an elected municipal Council consisting of a Mayor, and local Councillors representing each of the Municipality's four wards. In addition, two Regional Councillors each represent a pair of wards. The Mayor and the Regional councillors sit on both Clarington Council and Durham Region Council.
The current council was elected on November 13, 2006 for a four-year term. The members of the council are:
Mayor: Jim Abernethy
Members of Council:
- Mary Novak - Regional Councillor,Wards 1 and 2 (Darlington / Bowmanville / Courtice)
- Charlie Trim - Regional Councillor,Wards 3 and 4 (Clarke / Newcastle / Bowmanville)
- Adrian Foster - Councillor, Ward 1 (Courtice)
- Ron Hooper - Councillor, Ward 2 (Darlington / Bowmanville)
- Willie Woo - Councillor, Ward 3 (Bowmanville / Clarke)
- Gord Robinson - Councillor, Ward 4 (Clarke / Newcastle)
Communities
The municipality consists of several urban communities, including:
Rural communities include:
- Bond Head
- Brownsville
- Burketon
- Clarke
- Crooked Creek
- Enfield
- Enniskillen
- Gaud Corners
- Hampton
- Haydon
- Kendal
- Leskard
- Maple Grove
- Mitchell Corners (sometimes erroneously called Mitchell's Corners)
- New Park
- Newtonville
- Port Darlington
- Port Granby
- Salem
- Solina
- Starkville
- Taunton (split with Oshawa along Townline Road)
- Tyrone
- West Side Beach
- Wilmot Creek
Mosport International Speedway
A major attraction in the municipality is the Mosport International Raceway (formerly Mosport Park), a multi-track facility located north of Bowmanville that features a 2.459-mile (4.0 km), 10-turn road course; a half-mile paved oval; a 2.4 km advance driver and race driver training facility and a 1.4 km kart track (Mosport International Karting). Mosport Park was also the location of three major music festivals held between 1970 and 1980: the Strawberry Fields Festival held August 7-9, 1970 included famous acts like: Alice Cooper, Jethro Tull, Grand Funk Railroad and Sly and the Family Stone. Led Zeppelin was booked to play but had to back out. Canada Jam was held August 26, 1978 and the Heatwave Festival was held August 23, 1980.
References
- ^ [1] Statistics Canada 2006 Census
- ^ McCabe, Heather (August 3, 2000). "France may bid for fusion reactor". doi:. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v406/n6795/full/406447b0.html. Retrieved March 13, 2009.
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