The lands which would later become Bowmanville Ontario were first purchased by John Burk, who began to clear the forest.
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18 Facts About Bowmanville Ontario
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The historic Bowmanville Ontario Bank building at the intersection of King and Temperance was demolished in 1971.
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Bowmanville Ontario was incorporated as a village in 1852 and as a town in 1858.
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Under the Koppen climate classification Bowmanville Ontario has a humid continental climate with warm summers and cold winters.
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Bowmanville Ontario is home to the historic Bowmanville Ontario Foundry, the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police regional office, Goodyear conveyor belt factory.
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Bowmanville Ontario was home to the oldest private zoo in Canada, the Bowmanville Ontario Zoo until its closure in 2016.
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Bowmanville Ontario Eagles were the most recent local hockey team to play in Bowmanville Ontario, but were merged with the nearby Cobourg Cougars in early 2010 by the CCHL and OJHL.
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Bowmanville Ontario is the home of the Clarington Tigercats - Durham Knights Football Club which was founded in 1999.
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The new police station in Bowmanville Ontario opened in February 2016, which includes the DRPS forensic identification building.
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The provincially maintained highways near Bowmanville are under the jurisdiction of the Ontario Provincial Police.
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Lakeridge Health Bowmanville Ontario is a fully accredited hospital located in Bowmanville Ontario, which is run by the Lakeridge Health Corporation.
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Since the 1950s, Bowmanville has been accessible via Highway 401 and is served by three interchanges: Bowmanville Ave — Durham Road 57, Liberty Street — Durham Road 14 and Bennett Road, that serves the retirement community of Wilmot Creek on the Lake Ontario shore.
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Bowmanville Ontario is bisected by the Canadian Pacific Railway, while the Canadian National Railway runs to the south of the town.
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Public elementary and secondary education in Bowmanville Ontario is operated by the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board.
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Catholic elementary and secondary education in Bowmanville Ontario is served by the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board.
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Clarington Centre for Individual Studies is an alternative secondary school in Bowmanville Ontario, operated by the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board.
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Blaisdale Montessori School has a campus located in Bowmanville Ontario, which looks after children from when they are toddlers until Grade 3.
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