Queensborough is an unincorporated community in the municipality of

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, in

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. It is located north of

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on the Black River, about north-west of the village of Tweed and north-east of the town of

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Geography

Queensborough was part of the incorporated (today geographic) Elzevir Township before the creation of the amalgamated municipality of Tweed on January 1, 1998.

History

The first settlement of the area was by

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who called the place Cooksokie. 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

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. A

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of the

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(BQR) was built through Queensborough opening in 1903 that connected the BQR

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to the southeast to the

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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.

Present day

The hamlet includes a community centre and a church in the

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. 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), and has been recognized by Whitewater Ontario "…in appreciation of the Queensborough Community's ongoing hospitality to whitewater paddlers…".

Transportation

Hastings County Road 20 crosses the town east to west, heading east then south to a junction with Ontario Highway 7 west of

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, and west to a junction with Hastings County Road 12 at Hazzards Corners.

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