Bancroft, Ontario

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Bancroft () is the most populus town in Hastings County, in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located on the York River and has a population of 4,065 as of 2021. Bancroft is known as the Mineral Capital of Canada and is the economic hub of the North Hastings region. The town serves regional population is 60,000 and hosts 150,000 annual visitors to Bancroft. The Baptiste family of Algonquin people moved to Baptiste Lake, near Bancroft in the early 1800s.The first settlers were from the United Kingdom, and United Empire Loyalists fleeing the American Revolution. Other people arrived to seek land, and Irish immigrants arrived, fleeing the potato famine. The village was known as York River in the 1860s, changing to Bancroft in 1879. From the mid-1950s to about 1982, mining was the primary industry. A village until 1999, Bancroft merged with Dungannon Township to form the Town of Bancroft.

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