Kirkfield Lake Dalrymple Lancaster Bay Lifford Linden Valley Little Britain Long Beach Long Point Lorneville Lotus MacKenzie Point Mallards Bay Manilla Manvers Mariposa McCrackin's Beach McGuire Beach Newmans Beach Norland Oak Hill Oakdene Point Oakwood O'Donnell Landing Orange Corners Pickerel Point Pleasant Point Pontypool Port Hoover Powles Corners Reaboro Red Cap Beach Rohallion Rokeby Rosedale Sadowa Salem Corners Sandy Point Sebright Silver Lake Snug Harbour Southview Estates Sullivan's Bay Sylvan Glen Beach Taylor's Corners Tracey's Hill Union Creek Valentia Verulam Park Victoria Place View Lake Washburn Island Watson's Siding Yelverton Abandoned towns, post offices and church villages Aros Dongola Downeyville Fleetwood Station Hartley Head Lake Islay Mariposa Station Mount Horeb* Palestine Ragged Rapids* St. Mary's Uphill Zion Note: * ghost town Demographics The population is mostly rural, with only 34% living in urban areas. Infrastructure Colonization roads Victoria County was first opened up to settlement in the 1821. At this time, the primary routes for entering the county-to-be were narrow trails. Settlers were offered land on the condition that they help further the progress of concession roads into the region. This was often met with the bare minimum, and progress was slow. The Land Act of 1853 provided funding for the development of roads throughout the wilderness of Upper Canada. Grants were administered by the Department of Agriculture to survey and build the new roads. The roads followed the tradition of old Roman roads, and cut through the wilderness in a straight line, veering only when the terrain was impassable, but cutting through swamps and hills otherwise. Four primary roads were built: the Cameron Road, the Bobcaygeon Road, the Monck Road, and the Portage Road. http://www.ontariogenealogy.com/Victoria/settleme.html http://www.ontariogenealogy.com/Victoria/history/victoriacountypioneers2.html The Cameron road, now mostly encompassed by Highway 35, provided access from Lake Ontario to the northern limits of Victoria; The Bobcaygeon Road, begun in 1853, traversed north and south along the present-day eastern boundary of the region, and is mostly encompassed by former Highway 121; The Monck Road, which connected Lake Couchiching to Bancroft, encompassed partially by former Highway 503, now City Road 45; The Portage Road, connecting Lake Simcoe to Balsam Lake, encompassed entirely by former Highway 48, now City Road 48 Education At one time the Victoria County Board of Education provided educational services. In 1999 it was amalgamated into the Trillium Lakelands District School Board. See also List of townships in Ontario References Former counties in Ontario Populated places