St. Ola
dispersed rural community
Etymology: from the parish of St. Olaf in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands
Map of Southern Ontario with a dot at the location of St. Ola
Map of Southern Ontario with a dot at the location of St. Ola
St. Ola
Location in Southern Ontario
Coordinates: 44°51′19″N 77°36′14″W / 44.8553°N 77.6039°W / 44.8553; -77.6039[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
RegionCentral Ontario
CountyHastings County
Township municipalityLimerick
Elevation
[2]
308 m (1,010 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Area code613, 343

St. Ola is a dispersed rural community in the township municipality of Limerick, Hastings County in Central Ontario, Canada.[1][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]

References

  1. 1 2 "St. Ola". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  2. ↑ "Google Earth". Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  3. ↑ "Toporama (on-line map and search)". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  4. ↑ "Ontario Geonames GIS (on-line map and search)". Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. 2014. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  5. ↑ Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #5 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  6. ↑ Map 6 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 700,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  7. ↑ Rayburn, Alan (1997). Place names of Ontario. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 304. ISBN 0-8020-7207-0. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  8. ↑ "St. Ola, Ontario". Ontario Abandoned Places. OAP Technologies. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  9. ↑ krassoc (6 February 2015). "St. Ola Methodist Church – Limerick Township, Hastings County, Ontario". Fadedgenes — A Chronicle of the people of the Methodist Church in Canada. Retrieved 2 June 2020.


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