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Mount Zion

Discovered by spydrgyrl
Created Mar 03 2011
Recent status Active
Category Church
City Ajax And Pickering, Ontario
Location # 2453

On Pickering(a)s 8th concession, just south of the Oak Ridges Moraine, a community developed in the area of the 6th sideline in the mid 1800s. In 1852, a group of people purchased an 82 by 78 fot lot on the southeast corner of lot 6 with the intent of building a church. Originally know as Jackson, a frame school was built here in 1852, as well as a church in 1856. The school has since closed and is now used as a community centre. The small church still holds service every Sunday, but the community now only consists of a handful of large farms sprawled along the vast, rolling hill.

Latlng: (43.969426, -79.064498)

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avatar of exploringhale
exploringhale None of these places are abandoned as that they are used by my family, the community centre is used for Craft shows, bridal showers, baby showers and other events, and the church is still used for services and the odd events liked wedding, etc
Sep 06 2020
avatar of mzmama2
mzmama2 This is now a insurance company
Apr 16 2018
avatar of dtrigger
dtrigger Not sure where the previous comments came from, but as of yesterday (2014-09-11) the community centre (school house) is still standing. It's at 4230 Salem Rd, Pickering, just south of Alsar Farm. (see pictues above)
Sep 12 2014
avatar of Vampyre2005
Vampyre2005 Mount Zion old school/community centre has been torn down went to check it out and it's no longer there.
Mar 23 2013
avatar of RoadTrip
RoadTrip Great location! Just found a shed recently burnt down :(
Nov 01 2012
avatar of Rjones0409
Rjones0409 Inlaws used to live on the Balsam Rd just south of concession 9 in the Underhill property.We have had a few family finctions in the Community Centre. What a great area
Mar 09 2012
avatar of vitalfilms
vitalfilms Nice set! That's one huge church and house located there! wow. Again - Nice!
Mar 28 2011
avatar of spydrgyrl
spydrgyrl Actually, the church is quite small - guess it's just the camera angle! The farm, however, is HUGE .. it looks like three houses that were built together! Apparently, a former NHLer owns it now ..
Feb 22 2011