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Castleton,
Ontario
K0K 1M0
Ontario Tourism Region : Kawartha and Northumberland
Phone : (613) 475-4637
Outside Web Page : http://ruralroutes.com/orr_city_page.cfm?city=Castleton
Your Host(s) : Ontario Rural Routes
Description From Owner:
- Pop. 356. In Cramahe T., Northumberland C., on C. Rds. 22 & 25, 30 km NE of Cobourg. Joseph A. Keeler, son of the township's ftrst settler, built a grist mill at Castleton in 1795.
- The post office was established as Castleton in 1852, possibly named after a place in Vermont from which some settlers had come.
- In the community's heyday, the mid-1800s, there were four sawmills and a number of other industries, which sustained a population of 700 people.
- The surrounding forests were depleted by the 1880s, the sawmilsawmills began closing and the inhabitants moved away to seek new jobs.
- From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884
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http://www.ruralroutes.com/castleton
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Visitors to this page: 8,903
Off the beaten track: |
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Greenleys Corners, Castleton area, 2km
Tubbs Corners, 5km
Carmel, Castleton area, 5km
Griffis Corners, 7km
Vernonville, 6km
Oak Heights, 7km
Dundonald, 7km
Purdy Corners, 9km
Morganston, 8km
Eddystone, 8km
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Nearby Lakes: |
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Norham Pond, 11km
Little Lake, 10km
Dartford Pond, 15km
O'Reilly Lake, 16km
McCleary Lake, 16km
Hermiston Lake, 18km
Lamey Lake, 20km
O'Melia Lake, 20km
Stevenson Lake, 20km
Killoran Lake, 22km
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