Ajax

Built around a wartime Defence Industries Limited munitions plant, Ajax grew into a lakeside community on Lake Ontario, immediately east of Toronto. Established in 1941 to house and serve plant workers, the settlement took its name from HMS Ajax, the Royal Navy cruiser associated with the Battle of the River Plate. The postwar town expanded along the lake’s north shore, where waterfront parks and the Great Lakes Waterfront Trail link neighbourhoods with the wider Durham Region shoreline. Ajax also includes Pickering Village, a historic crossroads community beside Duffins Creek. See how Ajax fits within Lake Ontario and Durham Region by browsing webcams nearby.

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