A portion of the 1678 map that shows 'Tarontos Lac,' now Lake Simcoe. (Submitted) In small lettering in one corner of the map was the name "Lac Tarontos," written on what is now Lake Simcoe.

Gayle Wood retrieves a map and proudly outlines the mass of watershed the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority, which encompasses Innisfil and Barrie, is entrusted to protect and restore. Maps ...

2:35 Ontario government asks cottage dwellers to hold off on long weekend trips Municipalities surrounding Lake Simcoe in Ontario are discouraging all non-essential travel to the region ...

People who live around Lake Simcoe say they're fed up with the unbearable stench of the thousands of carp that have washed up onshore over the past few weeks and want the county to do more.