Pickering Beach, Ontario

Pickering Beach
Unincorporated community

Pickering Beach
Pickering Beach

Location in southern Ontario

Coordinates: 43°49′47″N 78°59′47″W / 43.82972°N 78.99639°W / 43.82972; -78.99639Coordinates: 43°49′47″N 78°59′47″W / 43.82972°N 78.99639°W / 43.82972; -78.99639
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Regional municipality Durham
Town Ajax
Established 1926 (1926)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Forward sortation area L1S, L1T, L1Y, L1Z
Area code(s) 905 and 289
NTS Map 030M15
GNBC Code FDPDS

Pickering Beach is a community and unincorporated place in the Town of Ajax, Durham Region, Ontario Canada,[1] located on Lake Ontario east of Toronto. It was once an important cottage destination for the upper class that was established by the prominent Toronto lawyer James Tuckett, in 1926,[2] because of its eponymous beach.[3] Today it is a part of the Town of Ajax and most of the original cottages have been replaced by modern residences. Among notable Canadians who were born in, lived in, or visited the beach are grocery chain founder T. P. Loblaw, wrestler 'Whipper' Billy Watson, artist Florence Helena McGillivray, pioneering woman school board trustee Alice Charlotte Corbet and artist Christian Cardell Corbet.

References

  1. ↑ "Pickering Beach". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2014-04-08. (place)
  2. ↑ Dancey, Cathy (1995). "Pickering Beach". In MacDonald, Archie. A Town Called Ajax. Ajax Historical Board. p. 153. ISBN 9780969946502. OCLC 34928918.
  3. ↑ "Pickering Beach". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2014-04-08. (beach)
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