Limerick is a small township in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada, near Limerick Lake. It is located 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Belleville between Madoc and Bancroft and served by Ontario Highway 62 and Township Road 620.[2] The Township is bordered by the Town of Bancroft, Township of Wollaston and the joined Townships of Tudor and Cashel. The township is heavily forested, as is the shoreline of the Limerick Lake, the main industry in the township being forestry and logging. The population of Limerick Township is approx. 300 full-year residents, and another 1000 seasonal residents.
The township of Limerick comprises a number of villages and hamlets, including the following communities:
Brinklow, Martins Landing, Ormsby (44°52′52″N77°44′56″W / 44.881°N 77.749°W / 44.881; -77.749), Ormsby Junction, St. Ola, Steenburg Lake.
Pancontinental Resources Corporation's (Pancon) plans to build a nickel, copper, and cobalt mine in Limerick was met with resistance from the local community in 2018.[4][5] 5.1 million tons of nickel, cobalt, and copper exist near the surface of a 880 hectare area known as the McBride Project, located near Canadian National Railway, mining rights to the area are owned by Derek McBride's private company Hastings Highlands Resources Limited, which had an option agreement with Pancon.[5] Pancon ceased collaborating on the project in March 2019, while McBridge spoke on Moose FM about his aspirations to find a new business partner.[6]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Limerick had a population of 436 living in 206 of its 533 total private dwellings, a change of 26% from its 2016 population of 346. With a land area of 201.04 km2 (77.62 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.2/km2 (5.6/sq mi) in 2021.[7]
^Limerick Township History since 1888. By Mrs. Thomas Ham, Steenburg, Ontario. First published in The North Hastings Review circa 1955. Accessed 31 May 2020.
