LCBO Gravenhurst, Ontario

Gravenhurst LCBO Phone: +17056872641

Is the Gravenhurst LCBO open tomorrow?

The Gravenhurst LCBO is open from 10:00a.m to 8:00p.m everyday except on Fridays when it’s open from 9:00a.m. to 9:00p.m and on Sundays from 11:00a.m to 6:00p.m. Use the LCBO shop locator feature to see whether your local store hours have changed. It’s possible that an LCBO store will close unexpectedly or change its hours and/or days of operation.

Where is the LCBO in Gravenhurst?

Driving Directions From Gull Lake Rotary Park, Gravenhurst, ON.

1. Head south on Third St toward Phillip St E 120 m
2. Turn right at the 1st cross street onto Phillip St E 120 m
3. Turn left at the 1st cross street onto Bethune Dr S/Muskoka District Road 169 1.1 km
4. Turn right onto Muskoka Rd S/Muskoka District Road 18 (signs for Regional Rd 18) 170 m
5. Turn left onto Edward St 100 m
6. Turn left at Clarence St 58 m
7. Turn left Destination will be on the left 65 m
8. Arrive at Gravenhurst LCBO, 155 Edward St, Gravenhurst, ON P1P 1K8

History of Gravenhurst LCBO

The Liquor Control Board of Ontario is a Crown organization that retails and distributes alcoholic drinks across Ontario, Canada. The minister of finance is responsible to the Legislative Assembly. It was founded in 1927 by Premier George Howard Ferguson’s government to sell liquor, wine, and beer. In 1916, as part of Canada’s prohibition, such sales were openly prohibited. The establishment of the LCBO signalled a loosening of the province’s temperance laws. The LCBO had 651 liquor outlets as of September 2017.

For nearly a century after its founding, the LCBO had a “quasi-monopoly” on the sale of alcoholic beverages in Ontario: for the most part, LCBO stores were the only retail outlets licensed to sell alcohol in Ontario, with the notable exceptions of beer (The Beer Store had a quasi-monopoly on retailing beer for most of this period) and a few wine shops, which had once been rogue. Many of these independent establishments were on-site at vineyards, breweries, or distilleries, and Wine Shop and Wine Rack locations were frequently found within grocery stores. The LCBO’s quasi-monopoly status made it the world’s largest purchasers of alcoholic beverages because Ontario is Canada’s most populous province, with over 13 million people, or about 40% of the country’s population.

Gravenhurst

Gravenhurst is a town in the Muskoka Region of Ontario, Canada. It is located approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of Bracebridge, Ontario. Mayor Paul Kelly was acclaimed on July 27, 2018. The Town of Gravenhurst includes a large area of the District of Muskoka, known to Ontarians as “cottage country.” The town centre borders on two lakes: Lake Muskoka, which is the largest lake in the region, and Gull Lake, a smaller cottage-bordered lake. Another lake, Kahshe Lake, is situated 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of the town.

In the 2011 Census, Statistics Canada originally reported that the Town of Gravenhurst had a population of 11,640 living in 4,674 of its 7,757 total dwellings, a 5.4% change from its 2006 population of 11,046. Statistics Canada subsequently amended the 2011 census results to a population of 12,055 living in 4,845 of its 8,202 total dwellings, a 9.1% change from 2006. With a land area of 518.59 km2 (200.23 sq mi), it had a population density of 22.5670/km2 (58.4482/sq mi) in 2011.

Gravenhurst was first known as McCabes Landing and later as Sawdust City. Gravenhurst was named by a postal official who was reading Gravenhurst or Thoughts on Good and Evil, a treatise by William Smith.

Gravenhurst’s economic prosperity stemmed from the construction of a colonization road in the 1850s. Steamboating on the Muskoka lakes began in the 1860s. The town was located strategically at the northern terminus of the Toronto, Simcoe and Muskoka Junction Railway. The town is positioned as the “Gateway to Muskoka”.