Cold Springs, Northumberland County, Ontario
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Cold Springs is located in Hamilton Township
, part of Northumberland
County along the north shore of Lake Ontario
. It is actually two small hamlets - Upper Cold Springs and Lower Cold Springs - both of which are only 2 kilometres apart along County Road 18, halfway between Rice Lake and the town of Cobourg
. Coldsprings offers a community hall, a baseball diamond, a United
church, a cemetery, and a monument to fallen soldiers.
Upper Cold Springs used to be called Derryville. They had no post office; the local post office was hosted by the general store in (Lower) Cold Springs. When the Cold Springs general store went out of business they asked the McIntoshes if they would like to take over the post office. However, they were not allowed to change the post office's name so Derryville decided to change its name to Cold Springs and house the post office.
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Hamilton, Ontario (township)
Hamilton Township is a rural township located in Northumberland County in central Ontario. It surrounds the Town of Cobourg.The township was named after Henry Hamilton, Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec from 1782-1785.-Communities:*Baltimore*Bewdley*Camborne...
, part of Northumberland
Northumberland County, Ontario
Northumberland County is situated on the north shore of Lake Ontario, in central Ontario, Canada. It is located east of Durham County , west of Hastings, southeast of Kawartha Lakes and south of Peterborough County. The county seat is Cobourg...
County along the north shore of Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded on the north and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south by the American state of New York. Ontario, Canada's most populous province, was named for the lake. In the Wyandot language, ontarío means...
. It is actually two small hamlets - Upper Cold Springs and Lower Cold Springs - both of which are only 2 kilometres apart along County Road 18, halfway between Rice Lake and the town of Cobourg
Cobourg, Ontario
Cobourg is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Southern Ontario 95 km east of Toronto. It is the largest town in Northumberland County. Its nearest neighbour is Port Hope, to the west. It is located along Highway 401 and the former Highway 2...
. Coldsprings offers a community hall, a baseball diamond, a United
United Church of Canada
The United Church of Canada is a Protestant Christian denomination in Canada. It is the largest Protestant church and, after the Roman Catholic Church, the second-largest Christian church in Canada...
church, a cemetery, and a monument to fallen soldiers.
Upper Cold Springs used to be called Derryville. They had no post office; the local post office was hosted by the general store in (Lower) Cold Springs. When the Cold Springs general store went out of business they asked the McIntoshes if they would like to take over the post office. However, they were not allowed to change the post office's name so Derryville decided to change its name to Cold Springs and house the post office.
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