Simcoe, Ontario

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Simcoe is a town in southwestern Ontario, near Lake Erie, and is the administative centre (seat) of Norfolk County, Ontario. It is located at the junction of Highway 3, at Highway 24, due south of Brantford, Ontario, and accessible to Hamilton by nearby Ontario provincial highway 6.

It was named after the first Lieutenant governor of Upper Canada (Ontario), John Graves Simcoe; The community of Simcoe should not be confused with Simcoe County, located on the north shore of Lake Simcoe, of the many places he is named after in Ontario.

Famous people from Simcoe and area include hockey players Rob Blake, Jassen Cullimore, Red Kelly (also coach and politician), and Dwayne Roloson, while musician Rick Danko (The Band) came from nearby Green's Corners.

Simcoe is well known for annual community events including the Friendship Festival, Panorama, and most notably, the Norfolk County Fair and Horse Show, held every October. Simcoe is also well known for its Simcoe Composite High School where a new state-of-the-art gymnasium was built, after the old gymnasium was burned in a fire in 2004.Template:WesternOntario-geo-stub