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This riding is about 230 km away from Parliament Hill and a journey of about two hours by car or five hours by train.
The area’s major highways include the 401, 7, 62, 37, 41 and 28.
Main public transit options include Kingston Transit, Deseronto Transit, a public ferry between Adolphustown and Prince Edward County, the T.R.O.U.T. bus service in Bancroft area, the bus service from the Central Hastings Support Network and a toll ferry from Millhaven to Stella.
Mink have been known to inhabit the shores of Mazinaw Lake.
There are many lakes and bays, including Stoco, Moira, Baptiste, Crowe, Hay Bay, Bay of Quinte, Beaver, White, Camden, Varty, Limerick, Wollaston, Lingham, Weslemkoon, Lavalley Bay, and many rivers, including, Napanee, Moira, Salmon, and Trent.
The riding spans from Amherst Island in Lake Ontario to Lake Saint Peter at the edge of Algonquin Park.
About 6% of the riding’s population are immigrants, with some of the largest populations born in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Germany.
German is the most common non-official mother tongue in the riding.
Approximately 8.5% of the riding’s population identify as Aboriginal.
Average individual income is $39,946.
Loyalist Township hosts an annual Winter Carnival where residents pile their old Christmas trees and set them on fire as the centerpiece to a night of festivities.
Singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne grew up in Napanee.
Sir John A. MacDonald, Canada’s first prime minister, practiced law in Napanee at age 17.
Hastings County calls itself the “Cheese Capital of Canada.”
The Tragically Hip song “38 Years Old” refers to a 1972 prison break from Millhaven Institution, a maximum-security prison located in Bath near the band’s hometown of Kingston. Gord Downie grew up in Amherstview, Loyalist Township.
Retail trade, health care and social assistance, and construction are the riding’s largest industries. About 14% of the workforce is employed in the retail sector, while almost 48% has some sort of post-secondary education.
In 2011, the average home price in Hastings—Lennox and Addington was approximately $28,811.
Five conservation authorities share responsibility for the riding: Cataraqui, Mississippi Valley, Quinte, Lower Trent and Crowe Valley.
The John M. Parrott Centre in Napanee has an energy management system that oversees the long-term care facility’s water conservation, energy-efficient fixtures, and purchases of green products.
The mining industry helped develop Hastings County; that includes an 1866 gold rush to Madoc that drew prospectors from as far away as British Columbia and California.
Adolphustown, located on the Adolphus Reach in the Bay of Quinte, was founded in 1784 by United Empire Loyalists fleeing the American Revolution. The site of the Loyalists’ landing spot and the original Loyalist Cemetery is now the United Empire Loyalist Heritage Centre and Park.
Indigenous communities in this riding include:
Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte
MNO High Land Waters Métis Council