Everything about Havelock Ontario totally explained
Havelock is a community in the Township of
Havelock-Belmont-Methuen,
Peterborough County,
Ontario,
Canada. It's located east of
Peterborough on
Highway 7 at Peterborough County Road 30 (formerly
Highway 30) which connects Havelock with
Brighton and
Highway 401.
Havelock was named after
British general Sir
Henry Havelock. Its history began with an influx of settlers after Belmont and Methuen Township was surveyed in 1823, and was incorporated as a village in 1892.
Early settlers built their homes in an area of dense forests, numerous lakes and rivers within the rocky
Canadian Shield. They survived by means of
fishing,
logging and
farming. Later in the nineteenth century and continuing to the present,
mining became an important economic activiy. Early businesses in Havelock included a post office, store, bakery, a
blacksmith and a
millinery.
In 1881 the
Canadian Pacific Railway surveyed a right-of-way through the area and a year later laid rails on a graded roadbed. In the fall of 1884, the first full passenger train stopped at Havelock, from
Toronto on its way to
Smith's Falls. Havelock was an important freight depot from the 1880s to the 1960s. The passenger service was terminated in
1985; the freight service east of Havelock ended, shortly afterward. The railway's activity today consists of transporting
nepheline syenite and crushed
basalt rock from two mines north of Havelock. The old railway station has been designated as a
Heritage Railway Station, but has recently been changed into a restaurant. There is an Ethanol plant that's currently being built on an old mining site just East of Havelock on Highway 7. The ethanol will be produced from corn and is a gasoline additive. The property will continue to process basalt rock for road and rail line construction.
In 1998, the Village of Havelock amalgamated with the Township of Belmont and Methuen to form the
Township of Havelock-Belmont-Methuen. The permanent base population is 7900. During the summer months the population base increases to 10,300 as seasonal residential property owners return to their cottages.
Havelock is the site of an annual
country music festival, The
Havelock Country Jamboree, in August.
The local post office on George St. services locals with lock boxes and 4 rural routes.
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