Actinolite, Ontario

Compact rural community in Ontario, Canada

44°32′38″N 77°19′34″W / 44.54389°N 77.32611°W / 44.54389; -77.32611^[1]CountryCanadaProvinceOntarioCountyHastingsMunicipalityTweedEstablished1853 (1853)Present name1895Elevation

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168 m (551 ft)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)Postal code FSA

K0K

Area codes613, 343

Actinolite (/ækˈtɪnoʊlaɪt/ ak-TIN-oh-lyte)^[3] is a compact rural community within geographic Elzevir Township^[4] in the Municipality of Tweed, Hastings County in Central Ontario, Canada.^[1] It is on Ontario Highway 37, just south of Ontario Highway 7 and north of the village of Tweed. The community also lies on the Skootamatta River just north of that river's mouth at the Moira River.

History

When Actinolite was first founded in 1853, it was called Troy. A number of Billa Flint's sawmills were built on the Skootamatta River here. In 1859, it became Bridgewater. In 1895, it was renamed Actinolite after a form of asbestos (actinolite) that was being extracted from open-pit mines near the town.^[5]

A branch line of the Bay of Quinte Railway (BQR) was built through Actinolite opening in 1903 that connected the BQR main line to the southeast to the Central Ontario Railway to the northwest.^[6] The line was abandoned in 1935. Ontario Highway 7 arrived in 1932.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Actinolite". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
^ Taken from Google Earth at geographic coordinates, accessed 2014-06-07.
^ The Canadian Press (2017), The Canadian Press Stylebook (18th ed.), Toronto: The Canadian Press)
^ "Elzevir" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
^ "Founding of Actinolite, The". Online Plaque Guide. Ontario Heritage Trust. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
^ ^a ^b "Actinolite". Town of Tweed. 2010. Retrieved 2019-05-26.

Other map sources:

Map 6 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 700,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #5 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved 2014-06-07.