EFFINGHAM

NAME: EFFINGHAM COUNTY: ONTARIO ROADS: 2WD GRID: CLIMATE: Snow in winter BEST TIME TO VISIT: Spring summer or fall

COMMENTS: REMAINS: Effingham’s old store still stands boarded up and silent.

At its peak around 1870, the population of this mill village stood at 100. Much smaller than its neighbor, St. John’s West, it did have grist and flourmill, a store, and a carriage maker, and a blacksmith.

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