Laskay, Ontario

Laskay
Unincorporated community
Nickname(s): Bulltown (historical)
Coordinates: 43°54′48″N 79°34′38″W / 43.91333°N 79.57722°W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Regional Municipality	York
Township	King
Government
• Township mayor	Steve Pellegrini
• MP	Deb Schulte
• MPP	Helena Jaczek
• Councillor	Peter Grandilli (Ward 2)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Forward sortation area	L0G
Area code(s)	905 and 289
NTS Map	030M13
GNBC Code	FBWLK

Laskay is an unincorporated hamlet in King Township, Ontario, Canada, in York Region. It is west of King City and Highway 400, and south of the King Road—Weston Road intersection.

The settlement was named by Joseph Baldwin, and was named after his hometown Loskie in Yorkshire, England.^[1] The community has also been known as Bulltown, a nickname it acquired after a fall fair in which a bull broke loose from its enclosure and charged the patrons.^[1]

In film

• In 1967 a Hollywood film, entitled The Fox, was shot at a farm in Laskay (today located on Laskay Lane). It was directed by Mark Rydell and starred Keir Dullea, Sandy Dennis and Anne Heywood. ^[2]

Notes

1. Byers, Kennedy & McBurney 1976, p. 147.
2. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062990/locations?ref_=tt_dt_dt

References

• Byers, Mary; Kennedy, Jan; McBurney, Margaret (1976). Rural Roots: Pre-Confederation Buildings of the York Region of Ontario. The Junior League of Toronto. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-2230-8.