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Queensborough, Ontario

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The community is a canoe and kayak destination for paddlers descending the Black River in spring as part of the M.A.C.K.fest (Marmora Area Canoe and Kayak Festival), and has been recognized by Whitewater Ontario "…in appreciation of the Queensborough Community's ongoing hospitality to whitewater
329:. The first European to settle the area was Miles Riggs in 1830 who built a sawmill then later a flour mill. The flour mill was purchased in 1850 by Daniel Thompson, who renamed the settlement so as to be permitted to open a 352:
to the northwest, which allowed the community to prosper from the mining activity in the area that the railway enabled. The line was abandoned in 1935, which led to the closures of the mines.
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crosses the town east to west, heading east then south to a junction with Ontario Highway 7 west of
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Taken from Google Earth at geographic coordinates, accessed 2014-06-06.
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Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry
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The hamlet includes a community centre and a church in the
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and 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north-east of the town of
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Unincorporated compact rural community in Ontario, Canada
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is an unincorporated community in the municipality of
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The telephone area codes are 715:Communities in Hastings County 306:Queensborough was part of the 1: 433:Geographical Names Data Base 78:Location in southern Ontario 731: 282:. It is located north of 175:First European settlement 86: 52: 40: 33: 438:Natural Resources Canada 348:to the southeast to the 194:197 m (646 ft) 27: 568:United Church of Canada 405:Royal eponyms in Canada 385:Hastings County Road 20 362:United Church of Canada 350:Central Ontario Railway 342:Bay of Quinte Railway 325:who called the place 217: • Summer ( 106:44.59250°N 77.41333°W 641:Other map sources: 228:(Eastern Time Zone) 111:44.59250; -77.41333 102: /  284:Ontario Highway 7 258: 257: 209:Eastern Time Zone 722: 687: 685: 684: 666: 664: 663: 653: 634: 633: 626: 620: 619: 617: 616: 605: 599: 598: 596: 595: 584: 578: 577: 575: 574: 560: 554: 553: 551: 550: 539: 526: 525: 523: 522: 511: 496: 495: 493: 492: 486: 480:. 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Old dam and mill on the Black River
Queensborough is located in Southern Ontario
44°35′33″N 77°24′48″W / 44.59250°N 77.41333°W / 44.59250; -77.41333
Canada
Ontario
Hastings
Tweed
Ojibwe
First nations
Time zone
UTC-5
Eastern Time Zone
DST
UTC-4
Postal code
K0K 2K0
Area codes
613, 343
Tweed
Hastings County
Central
Ontario
Canada
Ontario Highway 7
Black River
village of Tweed
Madoc
incorporated
Ojibwe
First nations

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