In the 1950s, the Independent Toronto Estonian Women’s Association purchased land in the north-west side of Udora, divided the land into 150 subdivided lots for summer cottages to
Estonians in
Toronto and named the grounds Jõekääru, which means River Bend in English, named because
Pefferlaw River runs through the grounds. Local street names in the grounds are also in the native
Estonian. With the cottages also came the Estonian Children's Camp, which is still active to date as an Estonian language immersion camp for part of the summer.
Highway 48 (which links
Markham to Port Bolster) lies to the north while
Highway 12 linking to
Whitby and
Orillia, lies to the east. Within Udora Ravenshoe Road intersects with Victoria Road/Concession Road 7/Durham Road 1.
Area code 705 is bounded to the north while the south of Udora is in Area code 905. The
Canadian National Railway runs north of Udora, having its nearest train station in
Pefferlaw. Udora is located about 10 km South of Port Bolster, at
Lake Simcoe. About 20 km S/E of
Sutton, about 25 to 30 km SW of
Beaverton and
Orillia, west of
Lindsay, north of
Uxbridge, about 50 km north of Whitby, about 80 km north of
Toronto and NE of
Newmarket, Ontario. West of Victoria lies The Udora Community Hall, opened in 1974, along with a baseball diamond, playground and basketball / tennis (badminton) court. In the winter, the court also hosts a small skate rink for kids. == Rural Fibre Internet ==