Hastings Highlands

Hastings Highlands
Municipality (lower-tier)
Municipality of Hastings Highlands
Maynooth Maynooth
Hastings Highlands
Coordinates:
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
County	Hastings
Established	January 1, 2001
Government
• Type	Township
• Mayor	Vivian Bloom
• Federal riding	Prince Edward—Hastings
• Prov. riding	Prince Edward—Hastings
Area
• Land	972.54 km2 (375.50 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	4,168
• Density	4.3/km2 (11/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 4,168 in the 2011 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, 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

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CNR station at Maynooth Station, c. 1971

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:

• Population in 2006: 4033
• 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

Mother tongue:* 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

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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. Also very popular is the 'Mud Dawg' competition involving a race through man made mud bogs. This event is usually held on the Sunday of the Labour Day Weekend. Maynooth has also become a destination for tourists as well as area residents for its myriad of downtown antique, gift, upcycle, art and artist shops. The Arlington Hotel boasts an International Hostel and is alive with music and various events year round.

In 2008, a group has formed with the intent of restoring the Maynooth Station and creating an interpretive centre therein. Fundraisers are held several times a year to make this dream a reality.

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

The lakes also bring tourism to the area in the summer. Currently the community supports one restaurant, two churches, Lake St. Peter Provincial Park, a general store and a post office.

See also

• List of townships in Ontario

External links

• Municipality of Hastings Highlands