Madoc

Madoc or Madog (Madoc ap Owain Gwynedd), fl. 1170?, quasi-historical Welsh prince. According to Welsh legend, Madoc, said to be a son of Owain Gwynedd, discovered America 300 years before Columbus. Witnesses' accounts of finding supposedly Welsh-speaking Native Americans have served to keep alive the story, which is otherwise unsupported by evidence. He is the subject of Robert Southey's Madoc.

Madoc is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada in Hastings County.

The township was named after legendary Welsh prince Madoc ap Owain Gwynedd, credited by some with discovering America in 1170.

Demographics

According to the 2001 Statistics Canada Census:

• Population: 2,044
• % Change (1996 – 2001): 0.6
• Dwellings: 782
• Area (km².): 269.98
• Density (persons per km².): 7.6

Events

Madoc Canadian Heritage Music & Arts Festival - July
Madoc Agricultural Fair - September 12 - 14, 2008

Communities

Allen

Bannockburn

Cooper

east of Cooper stands Mt. Moriah where a fire tower once stood in the middle of the 20th century. Today, at the bottom of the mountain there is a Buddhist monastery.

Eldorado

The site of Ontario‘s first gold rush was in Madoc, specifically Eldorado in August 1866. People soon came from all over North America to this area.

Fox Corners

Hazzards Corners

Keller Bridge

Rimington

External links

• Township of Madoc
  
• CKOL Madoc Radio CKOL Madoc Radio
  
• Comfort Country
• elearnnetwork.ca

	North: Tudor and Cashel
West: Marmora and Lake	Madoc	East: Tweed
	South: Centre Hastings