Craigmont, Ontario

Craigmont, Ontario
Craigmont with Mount Robillard in the background.

Craigmont is a ghost town in the Canadian province of Ontario. It straddles the municipal boundary of Carlow/Mayo in Hastings County and 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, with some of the original buildings and ruins on private property.

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Coordinates: 45°17′50″N 77°38′05″W / 45.29722°N 77.63472°W / 45.29722; -77.63472



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