Scugog

Scugog
Township (lower-tier)
Township of Scugog
Port Perry and Lake Scugog
Location of Scugog in Durham Region
Scugog Location of Scugog in Southern Ontario
Coordinates: 44°05′24″N 78°56′10″W / 44.09°N 78.936°WCoordinates: 44°05′24″N 78°56′10″W / 44.09°N 78.936°W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Regional Municipality	Durham
Established	January 1, 1974
Government
• Mayor	Tom Rowett
• Council	Betty Somerville (Ward 1), Janna Guido ( Deputy Mayor and Ward 2 councillor), Don Kett (Ward 3), Wilma Wotten (Ward 4), Jennifer Back (Ward 5) Bobbie Drew, (Regional councillor)
• MP	Erin O'Toole
• Member of Provincial Parliament	Granville Anderson
Area[1]
• Land	474.65 km^2 (183.26 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	21,569
• Density	45.4/km^2 (118/sq mi)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	289 / 905
Website	www.township.scugog.on.ca

Scugog is a township in the Regional Municipality of Durham, south-central Ontario, Canada. Scugog is located northeast of Toronto and just north of Oshawa. Due to its location in the Greater Toronto Area, many residents will commute to Toronto for work on a daily basis. The anchor and largest population base of the township is Port Perry, the township has a population of roughly 22,500. A smaller Scugog Township was also a historic municipality and geographic township prior to the amalgamation that formed the current municipality.

History

The original township of Scugog was originally divided between Reach and Cartwright townships in Ontario County and Northumberland and Durham County, respectively. When Lake Scugog was created by a dam in Lindsay in 1834, flooding created an island known as Scugog Island. The island was separated from Reach and Cartwright to form Scugog Township in 1856. In 1872 George Currie built a grain elevator which is currently Canada's oldest grain elevator. The new township was part of Ontario County.

According to Alan Rayburn's Place Names of Ontario, the name Scugog is derived from the Mississauga word sigaog, which means "waves leap over a canoe." This refers to the creation of Lake Scugog. Other sources indicate that it is a native word meaning swampy or marshy land.

The creation of the Regional Municipality of Durham in 1974 resulted in municipal restructuring of the various townships in Ontario County. The current township of Scugog was created through the amalgamation of the original townships of Scugog, Reach and Cartwright and the town of Port Perry.

Current municipality

Port Perry is the chief commercial and administrative centre of the municipality. The township also includes the communities of Aldreds Beach, Blackstock, Cadmus, Caesarea, Carnegie Beach, Cedar Shores, Epsom, Fralicks Beach, Gerrows Beach, Greenbank, Highland Beach, Honey Beach, Lakeside Beach, Manchester, Marsh Hill, Nestleton, Nestleton Station, Pine Point, Port View Beach, Prince Albert, Prospect, Purple Hill, Saintfield, Scugog, Scugog Centre, Scugog Point, Seagrave, Shirley, Strattonville, Sunrise Beach, Utica, Victoria Corners and Williams Point.

The largest private-sector employer in the area is the Great Blue Heron Casino, located on the Scugog First Nation on Scugog Island. Schneider Meats also has a facility in the Township. The Township is also a popular tourist destination due to the casino and recreational opportunities from Lake Scugog. Many residents also commute to other Durham Region communities and further afield.

Demographics

According to the 2006 Statistics Canada Census:^[2]

• Population:
  • 2006: 21,439
  • 2001: 20,173
• % Change (2001-2006): 6.3
• Dwellings: 8,345
• Area (km²): 474.63
• Density (persons per km²): 45.2

Historical populations
Year	Pop.	±%
1991	17,810	—
1996	18,837	+5.8%
2001	20,173	+7.1%
2006	21,439	+6.3%
2011	21,569	+0.6%

Racial makeup
Canada 2006 Census		Population	% of Total Population
Visible minority group Source: [3]	South Asian	75	0.4
	Chinese	70	0.3
	Black	70	0.3
	Filipino	25	0.1
	Latin American	15	0.1
	Southeast Asian	0	0
	Arab	0	0
	West Asian	15	0.1
	Korean	35	0.2
	Japanese	45	0.2
	Mixed visible minority	10	0
	Other visible minority	35	0.2
Total visible minority population		395	1.9
Aboriginal group Source: [4]	First Nations	110	0.5
	Métis	60	0.3
	Inuit	0	0
Total Aboriginal population		180	0.9
White		20,580	97.3
Total population		21,155	100

In film

• The 1973 film, The Thanksgiving Treasure starring Jason Robards, was partially filmed at the general store in Seagrave, and at a farm on Old Simcoe Road just to the west of Seagrave.^[5]
• Parts of the 1996 film Fly Away Home were filmed in Scugog
• The downtown scenes from 2004's Welcome to Mooseport were shot in Port Perry
• The downtown scenes from "''Hemlock Grove'' (TV series)" were shot in Port Perry, local downtown shops like "The Nutty Chocolatier" and "Dana's Goldsmithing" can be seen.

See also

• List of townships in Ontario

References

1. Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Scugog community profile
2. Statistics Canada 2006 Census - Scugog community profile
3. , Community Profiles from the 2006 Census, Statistics Canada - Census Subdivision
4. , Aboriginal Peoples - Data table
5. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0228392/locations?ref_=tt_dt_dt

External links

• Media related to Scugog at Wikimedia Commons
• Township of Scugog
• Downloadable 1:50 000 topographical map of Scugog (map 31D02), by the Ministry of Natural Resources