31 Hastings St. Box 40
Bancroft, Ontario
K0L 1C0

Phone : (613) 332-3171
Your Host(s) : Canada Post

Description From Owner:

• Pop. 3,512. In Faraday T., Hastings C., ontheYorkR. and Hwys 28 & 62, 104 km NE of Peterborough.
• Settled by the Clark family in 1853 and known as The Branch, then York Branch, then York Mills.
• When the post office was established in 1861 the community was called York River.
• In 1879, the commŽunity's leading businessman, Billa Flint, later a senator, renamed it Bancroft in honour of his wife, the former Phoebe Bancroft.
• In 1873 Bancroft was the eastern terminus of The Monck Rd., built from L. Couchiching to Bancroft as a settlement road and a military route between the Upper Great Lakes and the Ottawa Valley.
• Lumbering and a wool mill built Bancroft. In 1949, prospector Arthur Shore discovered uranium.
• Production started in 1957 and continued until the early 1960s. The Bancroft area contains many types of minerals and the annual Rockbound Gemboree draws gemologists from across North America.
• From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884

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