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Brockville-Thousand Islands Regional Tackaberry Airport
Brockville Regional Tackaberry Airport , also known as Brockville Municipal Airport, (official website) is a registered aerodrome located in Elizabethtown-Kitley, Ontario, Elizabethtown-Kitley Township, northwest of the city of Brockville, Ontario, Canada. This aerodrome is named after George Tackaberry, the owner of the company that re-surfaced and extended the runway and surrounding area in 2004. The aerodrome has gliding activity for three weekends in the fall and three weekends in spring. This is done through the air cadets with glider pilots who either instruct at, or graduated from, the glider pilot scholarship. (The scholarship is a six-week summer course, which after completion candidates receive their glider pilot licence.) The Eastern Ontario Gliding Centre, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brockville, Ontario
Brockville, formerly Elizabethtown, is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada, in the Thousand Islands region. Although it is the seat of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, it is politically independent of the county. It is included with Leeds and Grenville for census purposes only. Known as the "City of the 1000 Islands", Brockville is located on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River, about halfway between Kingston to the west and Cornwall to the east. It is south of the national capital Ottawa. Brockville faces the village of Morristown, New York, on the south side of the river. Brockville is situated on land that was inhabited by the St. Lawrence Iroquoians and later by the Oswegatchie people. Brockville is one of Ontario's oldest communities established by Loyalist settlers and is named after the British general Sir Isaac Brock. Tourist attractions in Brockville include the Brockville Tunnel, Fulford Place, and the Aquatarium. History Human inhabitati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
