Laskay, Ontario

Laskay
Unincorporated community
Nickname(s): Bulltown (historical)
Coordinates: 43°54′48″N 79°34′38″W / 43.91333°N 79.57722°W / 43.91333; -79.57722
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Regional Municipality	York
Township	King
Government
• Township mayor	Steve Pellegrini
• MP	Deb Schulte
• MPP	Helena Jaczek
• Councillor	Peter Grandilli (Ward 2)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Forward sortation area	L0G
Area code(s)	905 and 289
NTS Map	030M13
GNBC Code	FBWLK

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.

The settlement was named by Joseph Baldwin, and was named after his hometown Loskie in Yorkshire, England.^[1] 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.^[1]

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. ^[2]

Notes

References

Byers, Mary; Kennedy, Jan; McBurney, Margaret (1976). Rural Roots: Pre-Confederation Buildings of the York Region of Ontario. The Junior League of Toronto. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-2230-8.

King, Ontario

Municipality	King King City Nobleton Schomberg Kettleby Laskay Regional Municipality of York

Government	Municipal government, Oak Ridges—Markham (federal, provincial) King City weather radar station Koffler Scientific Reserve Muck Crops Research Station

Geography	Natural areas Oak Ridges Moraine Holland Marsh Cold Creek Conservation Area Glenville Hills Kames Happy Valley Forest Pottageville Wetland Complex

Education	King City Secondary School (alumni) St. Thomas of Villanova College The Country Day School Seneca College

Culture	Eaton Hall Heritage King King Township Museum Mary Lake Augustinian Monastery Schomberg Fair Shift (sculpture)

Business and services	King Township Public Library King Brewery Kinghaven Farms The Kingbridge Centre

Sport	King Wild Maple Leaf Cricket Club Schomberg Cougars Trisan Centre

Transportation	King City GO Station Ontario Highway 400 Defunct: King City Airport Nobleton Airport Schomberg and Aurora Railway

Township People

Communities of King, Ontario

Ansnorveldt Eversley Glenville Hammertown Happy Valley Holly Park Kettleby King City King Creek Kinghorn Laskay Linton Lloydtown New Scotland Nobleton Pottageville Schomberg Snowball Strange Temperanceville

Communities in other York Region municipalities King Markham Richmond Hill Vaughan Whitchurch–Stouffville

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