| Queensborough | |
| Native Name: | Cooksokie |
| Native Name Lang: | oj |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated compact rural community |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Ontario |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Ontario |
| Coordinates: | 44.5925°N -77.4133°W |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ontario |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Hastings |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Tweed |
| Established Title: | Ojibwe First nations |
| Established Date: | 19th century |
| Established Title1: | First European settlement |
| Established Date1: | 1830 |
| Established Title2: | Present name |
| Established Date2: | 1850 |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 197 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | Eastern Time Zone |
| Utc Offset1: | -5 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | Eastern Time Zone |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | K0K 2K0 |
| Area Codes: | 613, 343 |
Queensborough is an unincorporated community in the municipality of Tweed, Hastings County, in Central Ontario, Canada. It is located north of Ontario Highway 7 on the Black River, about 20km (10miles) north-west of the village of Tweed and 15km (09miles) north-east of the town of Madoc.
Queensborough was part of the incorporated (today geographic) Elzevir Township[3] before the creation of the amalgamated municipality of Tweed on January 1, 1998.
The first settlement of the area was by Ojibwe First nations[4] who called the place Cooksokie.[5] The first European to settle the area was Miles Riggs in 1830 who built a sawmill then later a flour mill. The flour mill was purchased in 1850 by Daniel Thompson, who renamed the settlement so as to be permitted to open a post office.
A branch line of the Bay of Quinte Railway (BQR) was built through Queensborough opening in 1903 that connected the BQR main line to the southeast to the Central Ontario Railway to the northwest, which allowed the community to prosper from the mining activity in the area that the railway enabled. The line was abandoned in 1935, which led to the closures of the mines.
The hamlet includes a community centre and a church in the United Church of Canada.[6] Queensborough is served by the Madoc post office, and so its postal addresses are in Madoc at postal code K0K 2K0. The telephone area codes are 613 and 343.
The community is a canoe and kayak destination for paddlers descending the Black River in spring as part of the M.A.C.K.fest (Marmora Area Canoe and Kayak Festival),[7] and has been recognized by Whitewater Ontario "…in appreciation of the Queensborough Community's ongoing hospitality to whitewater paddlers…".[8] [9]
Hastings County Road 20 crosses the town east to west, heading east then south to a junction with Ontario Highway 7 west of Actinolite, and west to a junction with Hastings County Road 12 at Hazzards Corners.
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