Township of Orillia Industrial Park
Photograph belongs to OMAH’s Orillia Packet & Times Newspaper Collection.
Information sourced from orillia.ca
Due to logging and rail links with Toronto and Georgian Bay, Orillia became a commercial centre and summer resort in the mid 1800’s.
By 1900, Orillia was one of the most bustling towns in Ontario. Many of the commercial and residential buildings erected and still standing today, used red brick trimmed with limestone that was quarried nearby in Longford.
Today, business is booming and more than 30,000 people officially call Orillia home.