St. Ola, Ontario

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St. Ola
Etymology: from the parish of St. Olaf in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands
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St. Ola
Location in Southern Ontario
Coordinates: 44°51′19″N77°36′14″W / 44.8553°N 77.6039°W / 44.8553; -77.6039 [1]
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Region Central Ontario
County Hastings County
Township municipality Limerick
Elevation
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308 m (1,010 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Area code 613, 343

St. Ola is a dispersed rural community in the township municipality of Limerick, Hastings County in Central Ontario, Canada. [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] It takes its name from the parish of St. Olaf in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, [7] and is now largely unoccupied.

At one time there was a Methodist church and a post office. [8]

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