Hastings Highlands
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Hastings Highlands is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario.
Located in the northernmost portion of Hastings County, the municipality had a population of 4,385 in the 2021 Canadian census. Big Mink Lake is one of many lakes located in Hastings Highlands.
Communities
The municipality's administrative and commercial centre is the community of Maynooth, located at the junction of Highway 62 and Highway 127 north of Bancroft.
The municipality also comprises the communities of Baptiste, Bell Rapids, Birds Creek, Centreview, Graphite, Greenview, Hickey Settlement, Hybla, Lake St. Peter, Maple Leaf, Maynooth Station, McAlpine Corners, McGarry Flats, Monteagle Valley, Musclow, Purdy, Scotch Bush, Scott Settlement and York River.
History
Maynooth Station was a railway station built in 1907 by the Central Ontario Railway to serve the Maynooth area. The railway was acquired by Canadian Northern Railway which later became part of the Canadian National Railway. There are a few residences near the station. This section of railway was abandoned in 1984. Maynooth Station was 15.83 rail miles north of Bancroft and 7.91 miles by rail, northward to Lake St. Peter, and 15.87 miles to end of track. The abandoned station is boarded up and fenced off. The track bed is now used as a hiking trail
The current municipality of Hastings Highlands was incorporated on January 1, 2001, when the Township of Bangor, Wicklow and McClure, Township of Herschel, and Township of Monteagle were amalgamated.[1]
Demographics
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Mother tongue (2021):[2]
- English as first language: 93.3%
- French as first language: 1.3%
- English and French as first language: 0.3%
- Other as first language: 4.6%
Culture
Lake St. Peter's economy is primarily based on tourism. One of the OFSC snowmobile trails passes through the community.[3]
The lakes also bring tourism to the area in the summer. Currently the community supports one restaurant, two churches, Lake St. Peter Provincial Park,[4] a general store and a post office.
See also
References
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External links
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