Craigmont, Ontario

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Craigmont
Dispersed rural community
Unincorporated area
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Craigmont with Mount Robillard in the background
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Craigmont
Location in southern Ontario
Coordinates: 45°17′45″N77°38′06″W / 45.29583°N 77.63500°W / 45.29583; -77.63500 [1]
Country Canada
Province Ontario
County Hastings
Municipality Carlow/Mayo
Elevation
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338 m (1,109 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal Code
K0L
Area codes 613, 343

Craigmont is a dispersed rural community, unincorporated place, and ghost town in Carlow/Mayo, Hastings County in Central Ontario, Canada. It lies adjacent to the municipal boundary with Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan in Renfrew County. It was a former mining town that produced corundum from deposits in Mount Robillard, directly north of the community.

In 1876, the mountain was discovered as a source for corundum. In 1900, mining operations began by the Canada Corundum Company. A settlement, consisting of both a company town and a private town, grew to a peak population of 600 persons, making it the world's largest Corundum producer at that time. But in 1913, a fire destroyed the mill, resulting in job loss and a gradual decline. By 1921, Craigmont was a ghost town.

A small community remains along County Road 517 (the former Ontario Highway 517), with some of the original buildings and ruins on private property.

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References

  1. "Craigmont". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2014-08-17. (community)
  2. Taken from Google Earth at geographic coordinates, accessed 2014-08-17.

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