Actinolite, Ontario

Actinolite, Ontario

Actinolite is a community on the Skootamatta River in eastern Ontario. It is in the Municipality of Tweed, in Hastings County, on Highway 37 just south of Highway 7 and north of Tweed.

When Actinolite was first founded in 1853, it was called Troy. A number of sawmills were built on the river here. In 1859, it became Bridgewater. In 1895, it was renamed Actinolite after the mineral actinolite that was being extracted from open-pit mines near the town.

Coach Canada express buses between Toronto and Ottawa use Actinolite's Blue Bird Cafe as a rest stop.


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