FOLGER

NAME: Folger COUNTY: Lanark ROADS: 4WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: Snow in Winter BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer

COMMENTS: 2 oldtimers remain. REMAINS: Homes, barns, railway trail

Folger was founded along the Kingston and Pembroke Railway (aka the Kick and Push Railway Trail). This railway was founded by the Kingston and Pembroke Iron Mining Company and came to Folger around the 1880's. Wilbur and Robertsville to the south were founded on iron mining. Folger happened to have some of the best farming soil in the Lanark Highlands with 45 feet deep in clay and iron and so it was a logical place to start a village as well. Submitted by: Clayton Self

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