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33 Hurontario St.,
Collingwood,
Ontario
L9Y 2L7
Ontario Tourism Region : Bruce Peninsula, Southern Georgian Bay and Lake Simcoe
Phone : (705) 445-3271
Your Host(s) : Canada Post Collingwood
Description From Owner:
- Pop. 500. In Collingwood T., Grey C., on Nottawasaga Bay off Georgian Bay on Hwy 26 and C. Rd. 19, 9 km. NW of Collingwood.
- For a time the place was called Shalefield, but a post office called Craigleith opened in 1857, and two years later William Pollard started an oil extraction business unique in Ontario.
- For four years -- until unable to compete with a cheaper product from SW Ontario _ Pollard extracted oil from bituminous shales along the lakeshore.
- A plaque in adjacent Craigleith Provincial Park tells of a dramatic rescue of the crew of the Mary Ward which went aground on a reef on Nov. 24, 1872, with 27 people on board.
- Of two lifeboats launched, one capsized in the violent storm and eight men were lost. Nine who remained on board were rescued by Craigieith men who risked their lives in small boats.
- Craigleith's name may have been taken from a similarly named island in Scotland's Firth of Forth.
- From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884
Address of this page:
http://www.ruralroutes.com/craigleith
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Visitors to this page: 2,395
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Craigleith, 0km
Banks, 5km
Mair Mills, 5km
Castle Glen Estates, 7km
McMurchy Settlement, 6km
Loree, 6km
Camperdown, 6km
Gibraltar, Collingwood area, 10km
Victoria Corners, Clarksburg area, 8km
Ravenna, 10km
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Nearby Lakes: |
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Cranberry Lake, 6km
Dey's Pond, 13km
Mill Pond, 11km
Edward Lake, 19km
Davidson's Lake, 19km
Brewster's Lake, 21km
Duncan Lake, 19km
Perry's Pond, 24km
Glen Huron Pond, 22km
Eugenia Lake, 26km
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