# Kinmount > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kinmount > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kinmount.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinmount > Source revision: 1340989908 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) This article is about the village in Ontario, Canada. For the house in Scotland, see [Kinmount House](/source/Kinmount_House). Unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada Kinmount Unincorporated community The old mill on the Burnt River Interactive map of Kinmount Country Canada Province Ontario Time zone UTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT) Forward sortation area K0M 2A0 **Kinmount** is a village with a population of approximately 500, located on the [Burnt River](/source/Burnt_River_(Ontario)) in [Ontario](/source/Ontario), [Canada](/source/Canada). The village is apportioned by three municipalities, they are, [City of Kawartha Lakes](/source/Kawartha_Lakes), [Minden Hills](/source/Minden_Hills) and [Trent Lakes](/source/Trent_Lakes). The village's [hinterland](/source/Hinterland) covers large sections of both [Haliburton](/source/Haliburton_County%2C_Ontario) and [Peterborough](/source/Peterborough_County%2C_Ontario) counties for which it is a shopping and cultural centre. Prior to the formation of the City of Kawartha Lakes, Kinmount was the [seat](/source/Seat_(legal_entity)) of [Somerville Township](/source/Somerville_Township%2C_Ontario). ## Economy The economy of Kinmount once relied on [forestry](/source/Forestry) but is now primarily based on [tourism](/source/Tourism). The village is an important source of supplies for summer cottagers in the area and, consequently, becomes nearly dormant in winter. One of Kinmount's primary businesses and tourist draws is the [Highland Cinemas](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Highland_Cinemas&action=edit&redlink=1) — a first-run movie theatre with five screening rooms, and a museum of movie posters, projection equipment, and memorabilia. The theater and owner Keith Stata are featured in the 2024 documentary film *[The Movie Man](/source/The_Movie_Man_(film))*. The local [post office](/source/Post_office), at 4078 County Rd 121, offers lock boxes and services one rural delivery route. ## History Kinmount was originally named *Burnt River Crossing* (a name now used by a [nearby village](/source/Burnt_River%2C_Ontario)), after the river which flows through the village. In 1859, it was renamed *Kinmount* by Mrs. Malcolm Bell, after [Kinmount, Scotland](/source/Kinmount_House).[1] Kinmount is notable for being one of the first sites of [Icelandic](/source/Iceland) settlement in Canada. Although the group moved to [Manitoba](/source/Manitoba) after a year, their story is told and their presence commemorated by an Ontario Historical Plaque.[2] [A memorial paying tribute to these early settlers](/source/Icelandic_Settlement_Disaster_Memorial) was erected there in September 2000. Over 500 people gathered for the dedication including the Foreign Minister of Iceland and the Deputy Prime Minister of Canada. The Victoria Railway connected Kinmount with Lindsay and Haliburton. The line was absorbed by Canadian National Railways as the Haliburton subdivision. Passenger service ceased in 1960, freight service ended in 1978 and the line was abandoned in 1981. Kinmount most recently gained national attention in the summer of 2004, when it became the first Ontario village to actively canvass a [family physician](/source/Family_physician) to move to the community. The grass-roots [campaign](/source/Advertising_campaign) included leaflets, posters, and newspaper ads throughout the province. ## Attractions The Kinmount Fair[3] is held annually on the Labour Day weekend. ## See also - [List of communities in Ontario](/source/List_of_communities_in_Ontario) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Rayburn, Alan](/source/Alan_Rayburn). *Place Names in Ontario*. University of Toronto Press. p. 182. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["The Icelandic Settlement Disaster"](https://web.archive.org/web/20081015020608/http://www.ontarioplaques.com/Plaques_JKL/Plaque_Kawartha09.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.ontarioplaques.com/Plaques_JKL/Plaque_Kawartha09.html) on 2008-10-15. Retrieved 2010-06-01. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Kinmount Fair"](http://www.kinmountfair.net). Retrieved 18 April 2019. ## External links - [Official Kinmount website](http://www.kinmount.ca) [44°47′N 78°39′W / 44.783°N 78.650°W / 44.783; -78.650](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Kinmount¶ms=44_47_N_78_39_W_region:CA_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki) v t e City of Kawartha Lakes City seat: Lindsay Towns Lindsay Villages and unincorporated communities Ancona Point Argyle Avery Point Baddow Baker Trail Ballyduff Barclay Bellevue Bethany Bethel Bobcaygeon1 Bolsover Burnt River Burton Cambray Cameron Coboconk Dalrymple Dartmoor Daytonia Beach Dongola Downeyville Dunsford Emily Eldon Station Feir Mill Fenelon Falls Fowlers Corners Fleetwood Glenarm Greenhurst-Thurstonia Hartley Head Lake Janetville Kinmount1 Kirkfield Little Britain Long Beach Long Point Lorneville Manilla1 Manvers Station Mariposa Station Mariposa Norland Oakwood Omemee Pontypool Ragged Rapids Rokeby Rosedale Sadowa St. Mary's Sebright Sturgeon Point Uphill Valentia Verulam Park Victoria Road View Lake Woodville Former townships Bexley Carden Dalton Laxton, Digby and Longford Eldon Emily Fenelon Manvers Mariposa Ops Somerville Verulam Major lakes Trent River Shadow Lake Silver Lake Four Mile Lake Balsam Lake Cameron Lake Sturgeon Lake Lake Scugog Pigeon Lake Talbot River Canal Lake Mitchell Lake Talbot Lake Severn River Lake Dalrymple Cranberry Lake Head Lake Fishog Lake Topics List of roads Victoria County 1) This area lies on the border of an adjacent region, but is part of the Kawartha Lakes census. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Kinmount](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinmount) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinmount?action=history)). 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