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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
Address of this page:
http://www.ruralroutes.com/bancroft
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Visitors to this page: 4,402
 Off the beaten track: |
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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
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 Nearby Lakes: |
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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
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