St. Ola, Ontario Explained

St. Ola
Settlement Type:dispersed rural community
Etymology:from the parish of St. Olaf in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands
Pushpin Map:Canada Southern Ontario
Pushpin Map Alt:Map of Southern Ontario with a dot at the location of St. Ola
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Southern Ontario
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Ontario
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Central Ontario
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Hastings County
Subdivision Type4:Township municipality
Subdivision Name4:Limerick
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation M:308
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:Eastern Time Zone
Utc Offset1:-5
Timezone1 Dst:Eastern Time Zone
Utc Offset1 Dst:-4
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:613, 343

St. Ola is a dispersed rural community in the township municipality of Limerick, Hastings County in Central Ontario, Canada.[3] [4] [5] [6] It takes its name from the parish of St. Olaf in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands,[7] and is now largely unoccupied.[8]

At one time there was a Methodist church and a post office.[9]

Notes and References

  1. FDTBM. St. Ola. 2020-09-15.
  2. Web site: Google Earth. 2020-09-15.
  3. Web site: Toporama (on-line map and search). Atlas of Canada. 12 September 2016. Natural Resources Canada. 2020-09-15.
  4. Web site: Ontario Geonames GIS (on-line map and search). Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. 2014. 2020-09-15.
  5. Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #5. 2006. Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2020-09-15.
  6. Map 6. PDF. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 1 : 700,000. 2018-01-01. 2020-09-15.
  7. Book: Rayburn. Alan. Place names of Ontario. 1997. University of Toronto Press. Toronto. 0-8020-7207-0. 304. 23 October 2017.
  8. Web site: St. Ola, Ontario. https://web.archive.org/web/20121013223306/http://ontarioabandonedplaces.com/upload/wiki.asp?entry=1424 . Ontario Abandoned Places. OAP Technologies. 13 October 2012. 23 October 2017.
  9. Web site: St. Ola Methodist Church – Limerick Township, Hastings County, Ontario . krassoc. Fadedgenes — A Chronicle of the people of the Methodist Church in Canada. 6 February 2015. 2 June 2020.