Limerick is a small township in

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, near Limerick Lake. It is located north of Belleville between

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and Bancroft and served by

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and Township Road 620. The Township is bordered by the Town of Bancroft, Township of Wollaston and the joined Townships of

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. The township is heavily forested, as is the shoreline of the Limerick Lake, the main industry in the township being forestry and logging. The population of Limerick Township is approx. 300 full-year residents, and another 1000 seasonal residents. It was named in 1887 after the city of

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Communities

The township of Limerick comprises a number of villages and hamlets, including the following communities: Brinklow, Martins Landing, Ormsby (), Ormsby Junction, St. Ola, Steenburg Lake. File:Ormsby ON 1.JPG, Old school house in Ormsby File:Ormsby ON 2.JPG, Country store in Ormsby

Mining

Pancontinental Resources Corporation's (Pancon) plans to build a nickel, copper, and cobalt mine in Limerick was met with resistance from the local community in 2018. 5.1 million tons of nickel, cobalt, and copper exist near the surface of a 880 hectare area known as the McBride Project, located near

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, mining rights to the area are owned by Derek McBride's private company Hastings Highlands Resources Limited, which had an option agreement with Pancon. Pancon ceased collaborating on the project on March 2019, while McBridge spoke on

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conducted by

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, Limerick had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. First official language spoken: * English as first language: 100% * French as first language: 0% * English and French as first language: 0% * Other as first language: 0%

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* {{Hastings County Township municipalities in Ontario Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario Municipalities in Hastings County

Communities

Mining

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