Ajax and Pickering Ontario in Colour Photos: Saving Our History One Photo at a Time

Ajax is a town in Durham Region in Southern Ontario, Canada, located in the eastern part of the Greater Toronto Area. The town is named for HMS Ajax, a Royal Navy cruiser that served in World War II. It is about twenty-five kilometers (16 miles) east of Toronto on the shores of Lake Ontario and is bordered by the City of Pickering to the west and north, and the Town of Whitby to the east.Before the Second World War, Ajax was a rural part of the township of Pickering. The town was establishe...