Pontypool, Ontario | |
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Unincorporated village | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Ontario |
County (historical) | Victoria |
Founded by | James Leigh John Jennings |
Area code | 705 & 249 |
Highways | Highway 35 Highway 115 |
Pontypool is an unincorporated village within the southernmost part of the amalgamated city of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario.
Prior to amalgamation, Pontypool was an unincorporated village within the township of Manvers, in the county of Victoria.
It has a grocery store, convenience store, LCBO, Chinese restaurant, gas station (destroyed by fire in April 2008,[1] and since rebuilt), pharmacy, community centre, church and post office and a siding on the Canadian Pacific Railway. The town used to be an old Jewish vacation spot[2] with a big camp ground by the big pond on the outskirts of town. There is also a baseball field and a public park.
Its post office services locals with lock boxes and 3 rural routes.