Uxbridge

Uxbridge is a township in the Regional Municipality of Durham in south-central Ontario, Canada. The main centre in the township is the namesake community of Uxbridge. Other settlements within the township include Altona, Coppens Corners, Forsythe Glenn, Glasgow, Glen Major, Goodwood, Leaksdale, Quaker Village, Roseville, Sanford, Siloam, Udora, and Zephyr. 

In 2009 Uxbridge Township received Federal designation by Industry Canada as the “Trail Capital of Canada”, resulting from the over 220km of managed trails on over 8000 acres of protected greens space within its borders.  

There are also a number of attractions related to the history of the area. Uxbridge’s Elgin Park,  The Thomas Foster Memorial Temple. Finally, the former home of famed author Lucy Maud Montgomery of Ann of Green Gables fame is situated in Leaksdale.