Marmora and Lake, Ontario
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The Municipality of Marmora and Lake is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada in Hastings County.
According to the 2001 Statistics Canada Census:
- Population: 3,985
- % Change (1996-2001): 2.9
- Dwellings: 2,273
- Area (km²): 533.81
- Density (persons per km²): 7.5
[edit] History
The rich history of Marmora Township is the story of mining in Eastern Ontario. Since 1820 this Township has played a leading role in the development of iron mining. In addition, copper, lead, silver, gold and lithographic stone have been extracted.
On April 14, 1821, the government passed an act setting up Marmora Township and attaching it to Hastings County as per Charles Hayes’ request to do so in 1820. The new Township took its name from the Latin word for '[marble]' because of an ‘immense rock of most delicate white marble’. This giant rock stood on the southeast corner of Crowe Lake. The Lake took its name from the Crowe Indians that lived along the shore.
Marmora Township was opened for sale in 1821, but there was little settlement outside of the newly created mining village. Although mining and lumbering have been vital to the Township, agriculture has probably supported more people in the area since 1850. A remaining legacy of iron mining is the Marmora Open Pit Mine, a man-made wonder-lake, seventy five acres in area, six hundred and thirty five feet deep, filled with four hundred feet deep of clear blue spring water that is steadily rising to the top.
[edit] Communities
- Deloro
- Malone
- Marmora
- Marmora Station
[edit] External links
| North: Wollaston | ||
| West: Havelock-Belmont-Methuen |
Marmora and Lake |
East: Tudor and Cashel, Madoc |
| South: Stirling-Rawdon |
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