Alliston

Alliston

Understand Simcoe County is home to a range of industries from agricultural, industrial to high-tech. Honda of Canada Manufacturing and is one of the county's largest single employers. Other industries include plastics, glass manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and aggregate resources. The county is also home to Casino Rama, Georgian College, Canadian Forces Base Borden, a campus of Lakehead University and the Ontario Provincial Police Headquarters. Tourism is a vital industry in Simcoe County. Simcoe County plays host to over eight million visitors annually. History The area that is now Simcoe County was home to the Huron First Nations (Indigenous) people before European exploration. The Huron capital, Ossossané, was at one time the largest Indigenous settlement in all of North America outside Mexico. Sainte-Marie among the Hurons The former Wendake area near Nottawasaga Bay was the site of the earliest French exploration and settlement of Ontario; they were the first Europeans in the area. Several historic sites, including Carhagouha and Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, mark the earliest known contacts between the area's traditional Huron population and French missionaries.…

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