Homes Stats
Homes For Sale: 67
Homes For Lease: 8
Average List Price: $1,065,073
Commerical Stats 30 day average
Commercial For Sale: 3
Commercial For Lease: 4
Average List Price: $3,849,767
Area Description
Guelph/Eramosa is a township located in Wellington County, in midwestern Ontario, Canada. It partly encircles the city of Guelph, surrounding it in a continuous arc from approximately northeast to south southwest of the city. It is part of the Guelph census metropolitan area.
The township was created in 1999 by the merger of the townships of Guelph and Eramosa, as well as parts of Pilkington and Nichol Townships. The name Eramosa was derived from the native word Un-ne-mo-sah (possibly meaning "black dog", "dead dog", or simply "dog").
The current mayor of Guelph/Eramosa is Christopher White. Township councillors are Doug Breen, John Scott, David Wolk, and Corey Woods. County councillors are Don McKay and Gordon Tosh. Nearby is the Rockwood Conservation Area, a park with lakes, karst formations and caves.
Rockwood is the main community in the township. Rockwood is located on Highway 7 between Acton and the city of Guelph. The Eramosa River runs through the centre of the village and is the reason for Rockwood's existence - having been the source of power for several mills that were the economic engine that spawned the original settlement. Limestone was also extracted from what is now the nearby Rockwood Conservation Area at that time. The conservation area is used for swimming, hiking, canoeing, picnicking and camping from last Friday in April to the Sunday following Thanksgiving and it has over 650,000 visitors a year.
The township also includes the smaller communities of Ariss, Armstrong Mills, Birge Mills, Blue Springs, Brucedale, Centre Inn, Eden Mills, Eramosa, Everton, Marden, Colbertville, Mosborough, Oakvale, Redwood Hills, and Rockcut.