Living Springs, Ontario

Unincorporated rural community in Ontario, Canada

43°45′28″N 80°24′08″W / 43.75778°N 80.40222°W / 43.75778; -80.40222CountryCanadaProvinceOntarioCountyWellingtonTownshipCentre WellingtonTime zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)GNBC CodeFBZWY^[1]

Living Springs is an unincorporated rural community in Centre Wellington Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.^[1]^[2] The settlement was part of West Garafraxa Township until 1999.^[3]^[4]

Irvine Creek flows through the settlement.

History

A post office was located in Living Springs from 1885 to 1914.^[6]

The settlement had a school in 1908, and semi-weekly stage coach service in 1910.^[4]^[7]

A chapter of the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario was located in Living Springs from 1925 to 1995.^[8]

Prior to the 1930s, a shingle mill was located at the settlement.^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b "Living Springs". Natural Resources Canada. October 6, 2016.
^ "Centre Wellington". Statistics Canada. November 2, 2016.
^ "Restructuring Flashnews Municipal Restructuring Summary Table". Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
^ ^a ^b Province of Ontario Gazetteer and Directory, 1910 - 1911. Union Publishing. 1911. p. 552.
^ "Grand Old Bridges: The Grand River Watershed Bridge Inventory" (PDF). Grand River Conservation Authority. April 6, 2004.
^ "Living Spring". Library and Archives Canada. May 27, 2014.
^ Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada (PDF). John Lovell & Son. 1908. p. 602.
^ "Living Springs Women's Institute". Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
^ Templin, Hugh (1933). Fergus: The Story of a Little Town. Fergus News-Record. p. 292.^{[permanent dead link]}