The neighbourhoods of Elora and Fergus.
Elora and Fergus in 33 neighbourhoods, with the streets, parks, schools and places nearby in each. Tap one on the map to see what’s for sale and what’s sold there, or scroll down for the full list.
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Elora
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Downtown
Downtown Elora, where the Irvine meets the Grand.
Downtown Elora: shops, restaurants and the gorge, all within a few blocks. Elora Mill has a hotel, spa and restaurant in the old mill beside the gorge, and Elora Brewing Company pours its own beer with food and live music on Geddes Street. Victoria Park’s lookouts are a short walk from the shops.
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Salem Creek
The Salem streets east of Irvine Creek.
Salem started as its own village, founded by Sem Wissler in 1845 around the mills on Irvine Creek. Some of the 1800s buildings still stand around George, Washington and Geddes streets, including the limestone general store and post office at 19 George Street, which is now a private home. Salem Public School is on Woolwich Street East.
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Elora Meadows
Marr Drive, Stumpf Street and Elora Meadows Park.
A subdivision in north Elora built around Elora Meadows Park, which has a playground and sports fields at Marr and Stumpf. Carson Reid Homes uses the Meadows name for its detached homes here, on 50 and 60 foot lots. To the north, the streets join up with the older Salem grid.
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East Mill & Bissell
Bissell Park, the arts centre and the streets above the river.
This is where Elora’s art and events happen. The Elora Centre for the Arts fills an old limestone schoolhouse with galleries, studios, workshops and a shop. Across the street, Bissell Park has the Saturday farmers’ market in season, Riverfest Elora and a boardwalk along the river.
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South Village
Elora’s south bank, from the river to the old rail line.
The older streets south of the river, around Water, Clyde and McNab, lead to the village bridge. Farther out, the Granwood Gate development added townhomes, semis and detached houses around Halls Drive and Waterloo Street. O’Brien, Harold Chambers and Granwood Gate Memorial parks are all here, and the Trestle Bridge Trail runs along the south edge toward Fergus.
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South Ridge
Bridge and Stafford streets, beside the Trestle Bridge Trail.
South Ridge Park is the big one here: an accessible playground, a full-size soccer field, two smaller pitches and a tobogganing hill the Township sets aside for winter. The Trestle Bridge Trail runs along the north side for walking, running and biking.
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South River
The south bank around Haylock Avenue and Harrison Street.
Newer homes between the Grand River and the Trestle Bridge Trail. The South River development has detached homes and townhomes, and Granite Homes built its Fieldstone II townhomes from limestone quarried on the site. Haylock and Harrison parks sit between the streets.
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West Salem
Wissler Ridge and the Salem streets west of the creek.
The old Salem mill pond sits in the middle of this area. Veterans Park is on the water, with the cenotaph, a playground and a picnic shelter, and the Township’s heritage study lists the pond, its wooded banks and the Woolwich Street crossing as important parts of old Salem. Wissler Ridge fills the north end.
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West Gorge & Rapids
The west bank of Irvine Creek and Elora’s arena.
Elora’s rec centre is here. The Jefferson Elora Community Centre, the skatepark and the four-sheet Elora Curling Club are all on David Street West, and the farmers’ market moves indoors to the community centre late in the season. Irvine Creek runs along the east side down to the Grand.
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Irvine & Wellington
The streets between Irvine Creek and David Street East.
Residential streets just north of downtown. The Elora Rocks Lawn Bowling Club traces its history back to 1906 and still plays on its greens at 74 David Street East, with summer leagues, drop-in draws and tournaments. Geddes Street takes you straight down into the village.
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Keating
Northeast Elora, between Colborne Street and Gerrie Road.
Residential streets in northeast Elora, with Drimmie Park and St. Mary Catholic School in the middle. Just past Gerrie Road, Gerrie’s Garden Centre and Farm Market sells spring plants, seasonal produce, local eggs, maple syrup and preserves.
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Elora Quarry
The Quarry, Mill Street East and the north riverbank.
The Elora Quarry is a former limestone quarry with cliffs up to 12 metres high. In season it’s a conservation area with a beach, shaded picnic spots and a walking loop through cedar forest with views of the Grand. Foote Park and Elora Public School are close by.
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Gorge Heights
A small pocket on the south bank, across from downtown.
Gorge Heights looks across the river at the mill. The Jack R. MacDonald footbridge runs from Victoria Street over to West Mill Street and the downtown shops; it opened in 2019 on stone piers left from the 1899 bridge.
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South Fields
Elora’s south end: factories, businesses and the trail.
The working side of Elora. Jefferson Elora Corporation makes automotive body parts on First Line Road, and Stirling Marathon makes refrigeration products on Park Road. It’s mostly employment land rather than houses, with the Trestle Bridge Trail along the north edge.
Fergus
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East Downtown
Downtown Fergus east of St. David Street.
The east end of downtown, with a good stretch of food on St. Andrew Street: house-made pasta and pizza at Gente, and baking and take-home meals at Fergies Fine Foods. Behind the shops, the streets run back to Wilkie Park and St. George Street East, with the Grand River along the south edge.
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West Side Downtown
St. Andrew Street West and the west end of downtown.
Used books, Scottish imports, local makers, dinner by the river and a show at the Fergus Grand Theatre, all along St. Andrew Street West. The theatre opened as a movie house in 1928. Behind the shops, Templin Gardens steps down in limestone terraces to the Grand.
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Woodhill & Black
Woodhill, Black, Holman and Revell in west-central Fergus.
A group of residential streets and crescents in west-central Fergus. Holman Park and Revell Drive Park are the neighbourhood parks, and Garafraxa and St. David get you downtown or to the shops on the north end.
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The Side Roads
The pocket between Sideroad 18 and Side Road 19.
A small area of courts and crescents in northwest Fergus, close to the St. David Street shops with groceries and restaurants. Ryan Park is just north and Holman and Revell parks are to the south.
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Strathlea
Ryan Park and the streets north of Sideroad 18.
Ryan Park, at Ryan and Sadler streets, has a playground for summer and is on the Township’s list of volunteer-run outdoor rinks for winter, weather permitting. Sideroad 18 takes you into the rest of town.
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Storybrook
West Fergus around Farley Road, Kirvan Street and Storybrook.
The west side of Fergus, including the Storybrook development by Sorbara and Tribute, with detached homes and townhomes. Grand River Public School and Kirvan Park are in the middle of it, with Farley Park and Edminston Parkette close by.
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North Meadows
Gibbons, Harper and Peglar, north of Gordon Street.
Detached homes and rowhouses along Gibbons Drive, with Harper and Peglar crescents off to the side. Gibbons Drive Park and Harper Crescent Park are the local parks. The St. David Street shops are close, and the east end runs into business properties near Gartshore Street and Gregson Court.
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Parkside
The blocks around Parkside Drive and Victoria Terrace.
A lot of park in a few blocks: the soccer field at Strathallan Park, Webster Park, and Forfar Park, where you can get on the Elora Cataract Trailway for a long walk or bike ride out of town. Victoria Terrace Public School is at 500 Victoria Terrace.
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Industrial
North Fergus business lands around Gartshore and Dickson.
The North Fergus Business Park, with serviced employment land the Township is marketing. It also has the Fergus Off Leash Dog Park on Glengarry Crescent: five acres with a bark-mulch trail and agility equipment.
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Middleton & Findlay
Middleton, Findlay and McFarlane in northeast Fergus.
Curving streets in northeast Fergus, with Summerfields Park in the middle. The Elora Cataract Trailway runs along the north side on the old rail line, and you can get on it at Gartshore and Forfar, a little to the southwest.
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Pierpoint
Lamond Street, the Grand River and the Pierpoint reserve.
Northeast Fergus, down to the river. The Pierpoint Fly Fishing Nature Reserve at 255 Lamond Street has informal trails through the trees along the Grand, for a walk, photos or fly fishing. It’s on part of the land granted to Richard Pierpoint, a Black Loyalist, soldier and farmer, and the Township marks his history there. John Black Public School is at 150 Lamond.
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Old Orangeville
Orangeville Road along the river’s east bend.
The Grand bends around this east end of Fergus, and Orangeville Road follows the south bank. For a walk, head just west to Confederation Park, where a wooded path follows the river with views across Monkland Mill Pond to the old grist mill.
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Highland Park
South-bank Fergus with three parks.
Victoria Park hosted the first Fergus Highland Games in 1946, and its fields and running track are still in use. Highland Park has the baseball diamonds, and Confederation Park has paths along the river.
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Sportsplex & Belsyde
The Sportsplex, the high school and south Fergus.
Home of the Centre Wellington Community Sportsplex: two arenas, an aquatic centre, a skatepark and tennis courts. It’s also where the Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games happen, with piping, Highland dancing and the heavy events. There’s a wooded trail on the grounds and a splash pad at Millburn Park.
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Westminster Highlands
Westminster Crescent and Tanton Avenue in south Fergus.
A Reid’s Heritage Homes community just off Tower Street South, on Westminster Crescent and Tanton Avenue. Zehrs and the other south-end shops are close by on Tower. The Westminster Highland Park playground is just past the southwest corner, off Riley Crescent.
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Guelph Street
Guelph Street and the Cummings and Chambers crescents.
Crescents instead of the downtown grid: Cummings, Chambers and Barnett curve through the middle, and Riley Crescent leads to the Westminster Highland Park playground. Ferrier Park, with a walking path and another playground, is just northwest past the Guelph and Elora street corner.
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Hospital & Museum
The hospital, the museum and the Wellington Place grounds.
Between Fergus and Elora, the Wellington Place grounds hold Groves Memorial Community Hospital, Aboyne Library and the Wellington County Museum and Archives. The museum is in the former House of Industry and Refuge, built in 1877, with a heritage barn, a Victorian garden and seasonal events outside.
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Old Golf Course
The strip between Wellington Road 18 and the river.
The Aboyne Trail runs through this narrow strip, along the Grand below the museum and under the old trestle bridge. Terry Fox Park is at the Fergus end, and the museum grounds are across Wellington Road 18 if you want a longer outing.
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South Tower & Union
Union Street West and the blocks west of Tower Street.
Craighead Cottage on Union Street West is a Georgian-style house from around 1842, restored as a place for visiting healthcare professionals to stay. Gow Park and Ferrier Park are the local parks, and Ferrier has a path and playground at the south end. Tower Street takes you across the Grand to downtown.
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