Milton Nature
How tall is the waterfall at Hilton Falls?
Hilton Falls Conservation Area has a ten-metre waterfall and a small glacial pothole. It covers 645 hectares of the Niagara Escarpment, and the Bruce Trail runs through it.
Halton Region trivia
Fun facts about Milton
22 facts and quiz questions about Milton, Ontario. Each one links to its source. A new fact of the day goes live every morning.
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Milton People
Who built the mill that started Milton?
Jasper Martin came from Newcastle upon Tyne in 1818 and received 100 acres from the Crown in 1820. He built a grist mill on Sixteen Mile Creek and dammed it to make the Mill Pond.
Source: Wikipedia, Milton, Ontario
Milton Sports
Which Milton hockey player won four Stanley Cups in a row?
John Tonelli won the Stanley Cup with the NHL Islanders from 1980 to 1983. The Islanders retired his number 27 in 2020, and a Milton sports centre carries his name.
Sources: Wikipedia, John Tonelli, Wikipedia, Milton, Ontario
Milton Nature
Why was Lake Kelso built?
Lake Kelso is a man-made reservoir built to stop Sixteen Mile Creek from flooding Milton each spring. Glen Eden uses its very cold water to make snow for the ski hills.
Milton Quiz
When was Gord Krantz first elected mayor of Milton?
Krantz joined town council in 1965 and became mayor in 1980. In 2016 he passed Hazel McCallion as the longest-serving mayor in Ontario.
Source: Wikipedia, Gordon Krantz
Milton Quiz
What kind of horse racing happens at Woodbine Mohawk Park?
Mohawk Racetrack near Campbellville opened on April 26, 1963, and 4,338 people came. It was upgraded for year-round harness racing and became Woodbine Mohawk Park in 2018.
Source: Wikipedia, Mohawk Racetrack
Milton Quiz
Who is the town of Milton named after?
The mill settlement on Sixteen Mile Creek had about 100 people in 1837, when it was named after the English poet John Milton.
Source: Wikipedia, Milton, Ontario
Milton Places
What does the name Nassagaweya mean?
Nassagaweya Township joined Milton in 1974. Its name comes from a Mississauga word for a river with two outlets, because its streams drain both to Lake Ontario and to the Grand River.
Sources: Wikipedia, Nassagaweya Township, Wikipedia, Milton, Ontario
Milton Quiz
How many people lived in Milton in the 2021 Census?
Milton counted 132,979 people in 2021, up 20.7 percent from 2016. Between 2001 and 2011 it was the fastest-growing municipality in Canada.
Source: Wikipedia, Milton, Ontario
Milton Culture
Which streetcar started the Halton County Radial Railway museum?
In 1953 a group set out to save Toronto streetcar 1326 from scrap. Their museum near Campbellville opened in 1972, and its Peter Witt cars were used in the 2005 film Cinderella Man.
Milton Quiz
True or false: Rattlesnake Point is named for the rattlesnakes that live there.
No rattlesnakes are native to the area. The name may come from the rattlesnake fern that grows there, and it was in use by 1857. The conservation area opened in 1961.
Milton Quiz
What did P.L. Robertson's factory in Milton make?
P.L. Robertson invented the square-socket drive for screws. His company started in Hamilton in 1907 and moved to Milton in 1908. It was the first maker of socket-head screws.
Sources: Wikipedia, Milton, Ontario, Wikipedia, Robertson screw
Milton History
When did Milton become a town?
Milton was incorporated as a town in 1857. Hugh Foster, of one of the two founding families, gave 4 acres of land for the Town Hall on Mary Street.
Source: Wikipedia, Milton, Ontario
Milton Quiz
How steep are the banked turns at the velodrome in Milton?
The Mattamy National Cycling Centre was built for the 2015 Pan Am Games. Its 250-metre timber track has two 42-degree banks. It was the first UCI class 1 indoor velodrome in Canada.
Milton History
How did the Crown acquire the land under Milton?
In October 1818 the Mississaugas of the Credit agreed to sell 648,000 acres for goods worth £522.10 a year. Chief Ajetance spoke for them. Milton and Brampton are on this land.
Source: Wikipedia, Milton, Ontario
Milton History
Why did Milton hardly grow for 20 years after 1979?
Limits on drinking water capped new housing in 1979. Fast growth began again after 2002, when the Big Pipe project brought water to the town from Lake Ontario.
Source: Wikipedia, Milton, Ontario
Milton Sports
How many Ontario titles did the Campbellville Merchants win?
From 1952 to 1967 the Merchants baseball team won 12 Ontario championships and 11 Halton county titles in a row, from a hamlet of about 300 people. They joined the Baseball Ontario Hall of Fame in 2014.
Source: Wikipedia, Milton, Ontario
Milton People
Which astronaut finished high school in Milton?
Chris Hadfield graduated from Milton District High School in 1977. The Milton air cadet squadron he joined in 1971 was renamed the 820 Chris Hadfield Squadron in 2005.
Source: Wikipedia, Chris Hadfield
Milton Culture
How did Milton's farm museum mark its grand opening?
The Ontario Agricultural Museum opened on June 8, 1979, to the whistle of a Sawyer-Massey steam engine. A non-profit took it over after 1997, and it became Country Heritage Park in 2000.
Source: Wikipedia, Country Heritage Park
Milton Quiz
Which Milton lake was put forward as the start marker of a new geological epoch?
In 2023 scientists chose Crawford Lake as the proposed golden spike for the Anthropocene, because its yearly mud layers record plutonium from bomb tests. In 2024 a vote turned the new epoch down.
Source: Wikipedia, Crawford Lake
Milton History
How did scientists find an old village beside Crawford Lake?
Corn and squash pollen in the lake mud showed that Iroquoian people farmed here before Europeans arrived. A Wendat (Huron) village now stands rebuilt in the conservation area.
Source: Wikipedia, Crawford Lake
Milton Sports
What marathon record did Milton runner Ed Whitlock set in 2003?
Whitlock was the first person over 70 to run a marathon in under three hours, in 2:59:10. At 85 he ran the 2016 Toronto Waterfront Marathon in 3:56:34.
Source: Wikipedia, Ed Whitlock