Havelock Subdivision and still sees a small amount of traffic. By 1892 the population of Pontypool had risen to 600 people. By 1917 the economy of the town consisted of: a hotel, two agricultural implements shops, three general merchants, a livery stable, shoe maker, blacksmith, hardware store, bakery, grocery/butcher, Pontypool Telephone, Light and Power Co-operative. The Pontypool Grain Elevator, built in 1918, is only one of two of its kind in existence in Ontario at present and is in the best state of preservation. In 2009, Bruce McDonald directed a horror film entitled Pontypool set in the town, based on the 1995 Tony Burgess novel Pontypool Changes Everything. Also in 2009, the 4th Line Theatre, directed by Kim Blackwell, performed The Right Road to Pontypool, a historical play by Alex Poch-Goldin. The 4th Line Theatre's synopsis of the play reads "The little known true story of how a small village in Ontario became a summer haven for thousands of Jewish immigrants between 1916 and the early 1960s. In the era when the signs at Sunnyside Beach in Toronto said "No Dogs or Jews Allowed" the village of Pontypool Ontario became a retreat for thousands of Jewish immigrants who worked in Toronto's garment district." References Communities in Kawartha Lakes