Collingwood, a town of Ontario, on the south shore of Georgian Bay, where it connects the railways with the Huron lake steamers. It has several factories, ship-yards, and grain-elevators, and a considerable trade in lumber and grain. Pop. (1871) 2829; (1891) about 5000.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 349
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