Scugog

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Field	Value
	name
native_name
settlement_type	Township (lower-tier)
	image_skyline
image_caption	Port Perry and Lake Scugog
pushpin_map	CAN ON Durham#Canada Southern Ontario
	coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1
subdivision_type2	Regional Municipality
subdivision_name2	Durham
established_title	Established
established_date	January 1, 1974
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Wilma Wotten
leader_title1	Councillors
leader_name1	{{Collapsible list
title	List
frame_style	border:none; padding: 0;
list_style	text-align:left;display:none;
1	David LeRoy
2	Janna Guido
3	Robert Rock
4	Harold Wright
5	Terry Coyne
leader_title3	MP
leader_name3	Jacob Mantle – York—Durham
area_footnotes
area_land_km2	474.65
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m
population_footnotes
population_total	21,617
population_as_of	2016
population_density_km2	45.4
	timezone
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	-4
	postal_code_type
area_codes	905, 289, 365, and 742
website
leader_title4	MPP
leader_name4	Todd McCarthy – Durham
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Scugog is a township in the Regional Municipality of Durham, south-central Ontario, Canada. It is northeast of Toronto and just north of Oshawa. 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 used to be 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 an Ojibwe word meaning swampy or marshy land. The existence of two other lakes by the same name (neither of which is artificial) lends support to the latter etymology.

The current township of Scugog was created in 1974 through the amalgamation of the original townships of Scugog, Reach and Cartwright and the town of Port Perry.

Local government

The Township of Scugog is governed by a mayor, and five councillors elected on the basis of one per ward. Ward 1 includes Greenbank, Seagrave, Epsom, Utica and Manchester. Ward 2 is Port Perry (South of 7A) and Prince Albert. Ward 3 is Scugog Island. Ward 4 is Blackstock, Nestleton Station, Nestleton and Caesarea. Ward 5 is Port Perry (north of 7A). The council holds regular meetings, open to the public at the town hall in Port Perry.

Mayor: Wilma Wotten

Councillors:

Ward 1: David Le Roy
Ward 2: Janna Guido
Ward 3: Robert Rock
Ward 4: Harold Wright
Ward 5: Terry Coyne

Current municipality

Port Perry is the chief commercial and administrative centre of the municipality. The township also includes the communities of:

Aldreds Beach – east side of Scugog Island at the eastern end of Demara Road
Blackstock – east of Port Perry on Old Scugog Road between Church Street and Highway 7A
Cadmus – east of Blackstock on Edgerton Road at Cartwright East
Caesarea – opposite of Aldreds Beach on Lake Scugog on Scugog Road. First settled in 1836 and originally named Lasherville, the village got its current name from its largest landowner and Reeve. It got a post office in 1851.
Carnegie Beach – northeast end of Scugog Island on Carnegie Beach Road
Cedar Shores – opposite Honey Beach on Lake Scugog on Island Road at Pine Point Road
Epsom – west of Port Perry and north of Utica on Reach Street at Marsh Hill Road
Fralicks Beach – northwest side of Scugog Island on Mississauga Trail north of Hood Drive
Gerrows Beach – opposite of Highland Beach on Scugog Island
Greenbank – northwest of Port Perry
Highland Beach – located just north of Port Perry
Honey Beach – east side of Scugog Island at end of Whitfield Road
Lakeside Beach- opposite of Honey Beach on Lake Scugog
Manchester – southwest of Port Perry on Highway 12
Marsh Hill – northwest of Greenbank
McLaren's Beach – north of Pine Point
Nestleton – north of Nestleton on McLaughlin Road
Nestleton Station – northeast of Blackstock on Highway 7A near Nestleton Road
Pine Point – south of Aldreds Beach on Point Point Road east of Mississauga Trail
Port View Beach – opposite of Port Perry on Scugog Island
Prince Albert – located southwest of Port Perry at King Street and Simcoe Road
Prospect – southwest of Port Perry on Highway 7 and Scugog Line 2
Purple Hill on Shirley Road and west of Cartwright West Quarter Line
Reserves # 34 of the Mississaugas of Scugog First Nations consists of two tracts, east of Mississauga's Trail between Hood Drive and Pogue Road as well as west of Mississauga's Trail from Pogue Road to Seven Mile Island Road/Chandler Drive. Great Blue Heron Casino is located on the reserve. A Health and Resource Centre and Reserves Administration Office are located on Island Road.
Saintfield – north of Greenbank on Highway 7/12 at Saintfield Road
Saint Christopher – due east of Scugog Point
Scugog – at Island Road and Chandler Road just north of Scugog Centre
Scugog Centre – east of Lakeside Beach at Island Road and Demara Road
Scugog Point – north of Nestleton Station on east shore of Lake Scugog
Seagrave – north of Port Perry on Simcoe Street
Shirley – southeast of Port Perry on Shirley Road at Sandy Road
Strattonville – west of Epsom and due east of Uxbridge
Sunrise Beach- east side of Scugog Island at east end of Chandler Drive
Sunset View – opposite of Honey Beach on Lake Scugog
Utica – west of Port Perry and south of Epsom on Regional Road 21 and Marsh Hill Road
Victoria Corners – northwest of Greenbank and near Leaskdale on Victoria Corners Road and Lake Ridge Road
Williams Point – southwest of Scugog Point along east shore of Lake Scugog near Nestleton Road and Scugog Road

Schools

Public Schools:

R.H. Cornish P.S
S.A. Cawker P.S
Prince Albert P.S
Cartwright P.S
Greenbank P.S

High Schools:

Port Perry High School

Catholic Schools:

Good Shepheard Catholic School

Economy

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 by road.

Attractions

Nonquon Provincial Wildlife Area – 1,120-hectare (2,800 acre) protected area located northwest of Port Perry and managed by Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Ocala Orchards Farm Winery – 100 acre winery established in 1995 by Irwin and Alissa Smith south of Utica
Scugog Shores Museum
Theatre on The Ridge
Oakridges Moraine Trail – located at south end of Scugog
Historic Downtown Port Perry
Lake Scugog waterfront

Transportation

Roads and highways

Main roads in Scugog are:

Simcoe Street (Durham Regional Road 2) – connect communities north and south from Port Perry
Highway 7/Highway 12 – connects communities south and north of Greenbank, as well as to Oshawa
Highway 7A – connects communities east and west of Port Perry
Island Road (Durham Regional Road 7) – north and south areas on the west side of Scugog Island

Airports

There are two airports in Scugog, both are public airfields used by small propeller aircraft:

Lakeridge Health Port Perry site has a helipad for air ambulance use only.

Demographics

|title = Historical populations |type = Canada |align = right |width = |state = |shading = |percentages = |footnote = |1991|17810 |1996|18837 |2001|20173 |2006|21439 |2011|21569 |2016|21617 |2021|21581

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Scugog had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 474.38 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

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Panethnic group	2021	2011	2001	%	%
European	19,670	20,140	20,370	20,585	19,325
Indigenous	500	445	315	180	235
East Asian	300	155	205	160	135
South Asian	295	150	40	75	60
African	155	120	30	70	80
Middle Eastern	95	25	60	15	0
Southeast Asian	85	120	65	25	115
Latin American	85	45	50	15	10
Other/multiracial	105	70	35	50	25
Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses
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In film

The 1973 TV movie, 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.
The 1978 TV movie, Home to Stay, starring Henry Fonda, was shot on a farm on 12 Scugog Line and at Seagrave.
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 were shot in Port Perry.
In Season 3 "Lakeside" of American Gods, some parts were shot in downtown Port Perry. They painted the mill black and made other little changes around the town.

Notes

References

"Mayor and Council". Township of Scugog.
Statistics Canada 2011 Census – [https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/as-sa/fogs-spg/Facts-csd-eng.cfm?LANG=Eng&GK=CSD&GC=3518020 Scugog community profile]
"Geographical names in Canada: Search Results for Scugog".
"Caesarea, Ontario".
(February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario". [[Statistics Canada]].
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2022-10-26). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population".
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2021-10-27). "Census Profile, 2016 Census".
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2015-11-27). "NHS Profile".
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2019-08-20). "2006 Community Profiles".
(March 13, 2007). "Community Profiles from the 2006 Census". Statistics Canada – Census Subdivision.
"Aboriginal Peoples – Data table". Statistics Canada.
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2019-07-02). "2001 Community Profiles".
"The Thanksgiving Treasure (1973 TV Movie) Filming & Production".

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