About Rural RoutesSearchJoin Rural RoutesCountersPaymentsOther Useful SitesHome
   


 Bancroft and District Chamber of Commerce     
 Bancroft, ON (Nearby: L'Amable, Mcarthurs Mills, Boulter, Coe Hill, Maple Leaf)

 
 

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

Ontario Tourism Region : Ontario's Highlands

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

Description From Owner:

  • Pop. 3,512. In Faraday T., Hastings C., on theYork R. 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 community'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


Untitled Document
Map Below gives Canadian Geographical Names 
Natural Resources Canada in Hastings County.

Address of this page: http://www.ruralroutes.com/bancroft

Visitors to this page: 6,384


Off the beaten track:
 
  • Detlor, 3km
  • Bronson, 3km
  • Bronson Station, 3km
  • Egan Creek, Bancroft area, 4km
  • Vardy, 5km
  • Nobbs Siding, 6km
  • Bowen Corner, 5km
  • Turriff, 8km
  • Musclow, 9km
  • Maxwell, Bancroft area, 8km


  • Nearby Lakes:
     
  • Bronson Lake, 2km
  • McGibbon Lake, 5km
  • Nobbs Lake, 5km
  • Holland Lake, 5km
  • Gould Lake, 5km
  • Tait Lake, 5km
  • Gaffney Lake, 6km
  • Stimears Lake, 6km
  • Coltson Lake, 5km
  • Marble Lake, 5km

  • Record owners... use "Image and Text Self-Edit" to modify this page!


     
     

    Please be sure to notify the business owner that you found them here on the Internet using RuralRoutes.com

    RuralRoutes.com is not responsible for the accuracy of information supplied by subscribers.
    RuralRoutes.com is committed to your privacy.