Tweed

Tweed and the Land 'o Lakes region of Ontario cover a large, primarily-rural area north of Napanee-Belleville in Quinte-Northumberland. This is a sparsely-populated area with multiple small villages, farms, lakes for fishing and snowmobile/ATV trails.

This article covers the rural area around Tweed, Ontario, Canada. For the town in Northumberland UK see Berwick-upon-Tweed, for the town in Australia see Tweed Heads.

Understand

This page covers multiple small villages including Madoc, Marmora and Tweed. See also Stirling and Shannonville in Belleville's article.

Tweed is a village with a population of 1,700 in 2016 is near the junction of the Black River and the Moira River. The Ontario Powder Company made dynamite locally (with sometimes disastrous results) until a takeover by the Canadian Explosives Company in 1910; only ruins of the original factory remain. A Canadian Pacific rail line (built 1880s, removed 1987) once led to Smiths Falls; the Bay of Quinte Railway line was removed in the early 1940s.

Stoco Lake, on the Moira River directly north of Sugar Island, is popular among sport fishers for muskellunge (Muskie, esox masquinongy), trout, pike, walleye, large mouth and small mouth bass, as well as ice fishing in winter. The Moira River (and fisheries management zone 18) ends at Lake Ontario in Belleville.

Get in

By car

Tweed is on Ontario Highway 37, just south of Highway 7, a southern alternate branch of the Trans-Canada Highway. Highway 37 leads from Actinolite and Tweed south to Belleville (Ontario). The portion of Highway 7 near Tweed is part of a branch of the Trans-Canada Highway that passes through the area, traveling between Sudbury and Kanata (near Ottawa) on Highway 69 and 400, then Highway 12, then Highway 7, then Highway 417.

From the main Montréal-Toronto freeway, Highway 401, Highway 37 or Shannonville Road (which ends at Hwy 37) lead north from Belleville or Shannonville (respectively).

From Pembroke and the Trans-Canada Highway 17 mainline, take Highway 41 (toward Napanee) and exit at Kaladar.

By bus

Get around

A vehicle is a necessity, preferably a good, solid truck to pull a fishing boat trailer (in summer) and a snowmobile trailer (in winter). There is no local subway or LRT.

There are taxis in the village: 9's Taxi ☏ +1 613-921-9999, A1 Taxi ☏ +1 613-919-0007 or Pete's Taxi ☏ +1 613-967-7575.

See
  • 🌍 Marble Arts Centre, 13 Bridgewater Rd, Actinolite, ☏ +1 613-478-2747. Gallery, studio, exhibition space for artists and occasional wedding venue in 125-seat former Marble Church of Bridgewater (1864-2004), possibly the only white marble church built in Canada. 
  • 🌍 Tweed & Area Heritage Centre, 40 Victoria St. N, Tweed, ☏ +1 613-478-3989, fax: +1 613-478-6457. M-Sa 9AM-noon, 1-5PM. Victorian-era Houston House (1897) and annex includes local arts and crafts galleries, an information bureau, museum, reference room and archives. $3. 

Do

Events

Buy
  • 🌍 Earth Haven Farm, 1619 Vanderwater Road, Thomasburg, ☏ +1 613-478-3876. Off-the-grid organic farm between Tweed and Belleville, does not offer agrotourism but does sell eggs at the farm gate and organic fruits, vegetables or herbs for market in season. Opportunities to work on the farm may be offered, but living conditions are primitive due to the need to conserve water and energy. 
  • 🌍 Quinn's of Tweed, 345 Victoria St. N, Tweed, ☏ +1 613-478-0000. May-Dec: daily 10AM-5PM. Fine art gallery. 
  • 🌍 Signed by Barb, 151 Queen St, Marlbank and 17 Market Square, Napanee, ☏ +1 613-921-8835. Custom-printed mugs, T-shirts and sweatshirts. 
  • 🌍 Unconventional Moose, 108575 Hwy 7, Actinolite (west of Hwy 37), ☏ +1-613-478-2562. Former Mohawk trading post, kayak and boat rentals on west bank of Skootamatta River, accommodations, native crafts. 
  • 🌍 Tweedy's Classic Scoops and Gifts, 7200 Hwy 37, Tweed. (updated Jun 2018)
  • Explorer's Eco-Emporium 41 (Christine Johnston on Facebook), 12047 Hwy 41 Northbrook, . 11:30AM–3PM. Gifts, household, clothing for adults & children. (updated Mar 2022)

Eat

Sleep

Connect

Go next
Routes through Tweed
Markham ← Peterborough ←  W  E  → Addington Highlands → Ottawa
END ←  N  S  → Belleville


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