Barrie Business Directory - Barrie Ontario

Barrie is a city with a population of approximately 130,000. It is located on Kempenfelt Bay of Lake Simcoe in the central portion of Southern Ontario, Canada. separate.

At the north-east end of Barrie is the Highway 11 and Highway 400 interchange. Many consider this the gateway to northern Ontario resort destinations known as cottage country. Parry Sound to Sudbury along the 400, and Orillia, Muskoka and North Bay along highway 11. Toronto is a one hour drive south from Barrie via Highway 400, a six lane highway that runs directly through Barrie. The perception of Barrie is that it is a bedroom community for people who commute to Toronto.

The city was named in 1833 after Sir Robert Barrie, who was in charge of the naval forces in Canada and frequently had to portage from Lake Simcoe to Georgian Bay through the city.

Barrie has warm, humid summers and cold, snowy winters. Barrie is located in Ontario's snow belt region, where lake-effect snow falls throughout the winter.

There are numerous winter recreation activities and facilities in the surrounding area, including skiing, snow tubing and snowboarding resorts, snowmobile trails and ice fishing. Skiing at nearby Horseshoe Valley, Snow Valley, Mount St.Louis Moonstone, and Blue Mountain as well as boating in Kempenfelt Bay. Barrie's waterfront is at the heart of its tourism industry, with events like the Kempenfest arts and crafts festival attracting more than 300,000 people.