UMFRAVILLE

NAME: UMFRAVILLE
COUNTY: ONTARIO
ROADS: 2WD
GRID:
CLIMATE: Snow in winter
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Spring summer or fall 		COMMENTS:
REMAINS: The only evidence that Umfraville ever existed is the small pioneer cemetery.
North of Ormsby on the Hastings road is Umfraville. In 1875, it is reported the town had 250 residents, a post office, a flourmill, a sawmill, a school, four churches and all the various other businesses associated with early Ontario towns. When the Central Ontario Railway passed will to the east, the disheartened settlers fled and all the businesses closed down.


Umfraville's pioneers all lived a hard existence in inhospitable terrain on the poor sections of the Old Hastings Rd. SW of Bancroft.This is the former downtown section of the village.
Courtesy Clayton Self

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