Jackson's Point is a summer resort harbour located in the township of Georgina, on Lake Simcoe in Ontario, Canada. It was originally part of a naval land grant made to Captain William Bourchier (December 09, 1791-January 22, 1844) in 1819 (Bourchier was commander of the Provincial Marine's Lake Huron establishment out of Penetanguishene Naval Yard. John Mills Jackson settled the land, which was first used as a wharf facility for schooners travelling Lake Simcoe. Jackson acquired the land from James O'Brien Bourchier, brother of William and was father of William's wife Amelia Jackson.[1] As transportation improved by steamers, and the arrival of railroads by 1877, seasonal residents began to settle in the area. Today, Jackson's Point harbour still caters to recreational boaters and campers, with the addition of small boutiques, street vendors, and live music.

Jackson's Point
Unincorporated community
Postcard of Jackson's Point Station, terminus for the Toronto and York Radial Railway, from the 1910s
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Regional Municipality	York Region
Town	Georgina
Government
• Township mayor	Margaret Quirk
• Councillor	Frank Sebo (ward 4)
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Forward sortation area	1L0
Area code(s)	905 and 289

The Salvation Army Conference Centre & Children's Camp is also located here. The campgrounds were first purchased by The Salvation Army in 1917, but the Army ran summer camps on the grounds for nearly a decade before that.[2]

Notable residents

• Jim Carrey resided in the village in the early 1980s[3]
• Neil Young[4]

References

Further reading

• Hopkins, Jeanne (1993). Jackson's Point: Ontario's first cottage country. Boston Mills Press. ISBN 1-55046-053-6.