Cecelia Murray

Municipality of Marmora and Lake

The Municipality of Marmora and Lake is a beautiful little municipality, part of Hastings County and located in central southern Ontario. It is equidistant from Ottawa and Toronto and the village is located along Hwy 7, a major transportation route for trucks and vehicles traveling to and through those destinations. The largest village, Marmora, is surrounded by water from Crowe River, Crowe Lake and Beaver Creek. The Municipality of Marmora and Lake will continue to be a small thriving Municipality in Ontario; a desirable place to work, live, vacation, and retire; by providing a clean natural environment, varied sources of recreation, excellent services and reasonable taxes. A Brief History: Marmora was the first mining town in Upper Canada. Settled in 1820, iron ore, gold, copper and silver were all mined in this and surrounding areas. The open-pit mine, a relic from the mining past, is located just East of the village and is 75 acres in size and 635 feet deep. There was also a large timber and logging industry which added to the economic well being of the town.