Hastings Highlands

Hastings Highlands
—  Township  —
Maynooth
Hastings Highlands
Coordinates: 45°14′N 77°56′W / 45.233°N 77.933°W / 45.233; -77.933Coordinates: 45°14′N 77°56′W / 45.233°N 77.933°W / 45.233; -77.933
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
County	Hastings
Established	January 1, 2001
Government
– Type	Township
– Mayor	Ronald J. Emond
– Federal riding	Prince Edward—Hastings
– Prov. riding	Prince Edward—Hastings
Area[1]
– Land	967.34 km2 (373.5 sq mi)
Population (2006)[1]
– Total	4,033
– Density	4.2/km2 (10.9/sq mi)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code	K0L 2S0
Area code(s)	613 and 343
Website	www.hastingshighlands.ca

Hastings Highlands is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario.

Located in the northernmost portion of Hastings County, the township had a population of 4,033 in the 2006 Canadian census.

Communities

The township's administrative and commercial centre is the community of Maynooth, located at the junction of Highway 62 and Highway 127 north of Bancroft.

The township also comprises the communities of Baptiste, Combermere, Bell Rapids, Birds Creek, Centreview, Graphite, Greenview, Hickey Settlement, Hughes, Hybla, Lake St. Peter, Maple Leaf, Maynooth Station, McAlpine Corners, McGarry Flats, Monteagle Valley, Musclow, Purdy, Scotch Bush, Scott Settlement and York River.

History

CNR station at Maynooth Station, Ontario c1971

Maynooth Station was a railway station on the Canadian National Railways, originally established in 1907 by the Central Ontario Railway to serve the Maynooth area, later acquired by Canadian Northern Railway and CNR. A few residences are located near the station. This section of railway was abandoned in 1984. Maynooth Station was 15.83 rail miles north of Bancroft and 7.91 miles by rail, northward to Lake St. Peter, and 15.87 miles to end of track.

The current municipality of Hastings Highlands was incorporated on January 1, 2001 by amalgamating the former townships of Bangor, Wicklow and McClure, Herschel and Monteagle.

Demographics

Population trend:^[2]

• Population in 2006: 4033 (2001 to 2006 population change: 1.0 %)
• Population in 2001: 3992
• Population total in 1996: 3829
  • Bangor, Wicklow and McClure: 1154
  • Herschel: 1407
  • Monteagle: 1268
• Population in 1991:
  • Bangor, Wicklow and McClure: 1066
  • Herschel: 1263
  • Monteagle: 1273

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1685 (total dwellings: 3671)

Mother tongue:^[1]

• English as first language: 94.0 %
• French as first language: 1.0 %
• English and French as first language: 0 %
• Other as first language: 5.0 %

Culture

Lake St. Peter

Each year on the Labour Day weekend Maynooth hosts a festival called 'Maynooth Madness' which includes the loggers games featuring local talents such as log-slicing with chainsaws and skidder operating competition.

In 2008, a group has formed with the intent of restoring the Maynooth Station and creating an interpretive centre therein.

Lake St. Peter's economy is primarily based on tourism. One of the OFSC snowmobile trails passes through the community.^[3]

The lake also brings tourism to the area in the summer. Currently the community supports two restaurants, two churches, a hardware store, Lake St. Peter Provincial Park^[4], a general store and a post office.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Statistics Canada 2006 Census - Hastings Highlands community profile
2. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
3. ^ "OFSC District 6 Trail Map" (PDF). http://www.ofsc.on.ca/Downloads/Trails/maps/District6.pdf. Retrieved 2007-02-03. 
4. ^ Lake St. Peter Provincial Park

External links

• Municipality of Hastings Highlands