Lyndhurst

The town of Lyndhurst dates from 1801, when Ontario's first iron smelter was built below the falls on the Gananoque River by Wallace Sunderlin. The original name of the town was Furnace Creek and the smelter was used to process ore from nearby Bastard Township. In 1827, Charles and Jonas Jones constructed a grist mill and laid out the town where a thriving industry based on the ironworks as well as flour mills, sawmills, and wool mills, was soon established. The name of the town was changed to Lyndhurst in 1846 and it received a post office in 1851.

Perhaps the most prominent structure in town is the three-span, masonry Lyndhurst Bridge, erected 1856-57. It is the oldest bridge in Ontario and remains in regular use. The ruins of one of the mills lies on the east bank of the river. At one end of town is an old church and some houses.

Lyndhurst lies on County Route 33 east of Charleston.

Ruins of the mill

The Lyndhurst Bridge