Actinolite, Ontario
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Actinolite is a community on the Skootamatta River in eastern Ontario. It is in the Municipality of Tweed, in Hastings County, on Highway 37 just south of Highway 7 and north of Tweed.
When Actinolite was first founded in 1853, it was called Troy. A number of sawmills were built on the river here. In 1859, it became Bridgewater. In 1895, it was renamed Actinolite after the mineral actinolite that was being extracted from open-pit mines near the town.
Coach Canada express buses between Toronto and Ottawa use Actinolite's Blue Bird Cafe as a rest stop.
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