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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
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Visitors to this page: 6,384
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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