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Laskay, Ontario

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Country
  
Canada

Township
  
King

Forward sortation area
  
L0G

Province
  
Ontario

Regional Municipality
  
York

Time zone
  
EST (UTC-5)

Area code(s)
  
905 and 289

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Laskay is an unincorporated hamlet in King Township, Ontario, Canada, in York Region. It is west of King City and Highway 400, and south of the King Road—Weston Road intersection.

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Map of Laskay, ON, Canada

The settlement was named by Joseph Baldwin, and was named after his hometown Loskie in Yorkshire, England. The community has also been known as Bulltown, a nickname it acquired after a fall fair in which a bull broke loose from its enclosure and charged the patrons.

In film

  • In 1967 a Hollywood film, entitled The Fox, was shot at a farm in Laskay (today located on Laskay Lane). It was directed by Mark Rydell and starred Keir Dullea, Sandy Dennis and Anne Heywood.

    • References

    Laskay, Ontario Wikipedia
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