Varney, Ontario

Varney, Ontario

Varney is a small community in Grey County, Ontario, Canada. Varney is located on Grey Road 6, just a kilometer or two south of Durham and north of Mount Forest. [ cite web|url=http://www.greycounty.ca/communities/varney.cfm |title=Varney |accessdate=2008-09-28 |date=2005 |work=County of Grey Website ]

John Vernon Pettigrew, Men's Featherweight Wrestler (1936 Olympic Summer games), was born in Varney. [cite news | title=Athletes Born in Varney, Ontario, Canada | publisher=Sports Reference LLC. | url =http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/birthplaces.cgi?id=2493 | work =sports-reference.com | accessdate = 2008-09-28 ]

Attractions

Varney has 2 tourist attractions to boast.

*On the southern outskirts of the town, there is Varney Motor Speedway touted as "The Fastest 1/4 Mile Track in Southern Ontario".

*In the north end of the town, easily visible from the road, is the " [http://www.roadsideattractions.ca/varney.htm World's Largest] Adirondack chair"


External links

* [http://www.greycounty.ca/communities/varney.cfm Grey County official webpage]

References

Canadian City Geographic Location
North=Owen Sound, Chatsworth
Williamsford, Dornoch, Durham
West=Walkerton, Hanover
Center=Varney
East=Priceville, Flesherton
South= Mount Forest, Arthur
Fergus, Guelph


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