Norland, Ontario
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Norland is a small rural hamlet in the larger City of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.
With a population of under 1,000 there has been growing stagnation in business with several shops opening, closing or restructuring over the years.
[edit] Features
- Large mural featuring a nature scene with animals and native people located on the largest building in town situated at the crossroads of Hwy 35 and Kawartha Lakes Road 45
- Elliot Falls, a hydroelectric power generating station.
- "The falls" a falls and dam right near the town centre.
- The Old School, the building which now houses the public library, used to also be the municipal building for the tri-township of Laxton-Digby-Longford. The Townships no longer exist since the amalgamation of Victoria County into the City of Kawartha Lakes.
The post office services locals with lock boxes and one rural route.
Norland was once mentioned on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien when the show was in Toronto for a week, Mike Myers mentioned the viilage by name including the only still operating gas station and a resident of Norland.