Deseronto, Ontario
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Deseronto is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, in Hastings County. The community is located on the shore of the Bay of Quinte. It is an incorporated town with a population of 1900.
The Town of Deseronto, named for Capt. John Deserontyou, a Mohawk Indian and U.E.L., owes much of its cultural heritage and character to the Mohawks of the nearby Tyendinaga Reserve. The most easterly municipality of Hastings County, it nestles on the shore of Mohawk Bay at the mouth of the Napanee River.
The Town began to industrialize in 1848 when the H.B. Rathbun Co. registered in Oswego, N.Y. established a lumber mill. They also developed many diversified industries all located in Deseronto but changing markets, devastating fires and a lack of good forest management led to the Company's decline and they ceased operation in 1923 when they surrendered their charter.
Deseronto, located 5 km from Highway 401, is the eastern gateway to the Bay of Quinte tourist Region with the Skyway Bridge providing access to Prince Edward County.
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