Just off the 7 · 10 min south of Actinolite on Hwy 37

Tweed

Stoco Lake, a very small jail, and the most persistent Elvis sightings in Canada.

Why detour

Tweed is the corridor’s best story-per-kilometre detour. Ten minutes south of Actinolite on Highway 37 you get: a genuinely pretty village on Stoco Lake with a beach park right in town, one of North America’s famously tiny jailhouses (three cells, much photographed), and the thing Tweed is actually famous for — Elvis. Since the late 1980s, Tweed has been the epicentre of Canadian Elvis sightings, a legend the village adopted wholesale and celebrates with a festival, a straight face, and considerable merchandising discipline.

It’s also a real town underneath the lore: a working main street, good butter tart odds, and lake swimming on a hot day. And it’s a genuine trail town — the Trans Canada Trail on the old CP corridor comes through from Kaladar and Sharbot Lake, and a popular riding loop starts here, past Stoco Lake and ultimately all the way north to Bancroft.

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Things to do in Tweed

Lester B. Pearson Peace Park

An unexpected find in a small village — walking trails leading to a Peace Pagoda, a genuine gift from the Japanese people to Canada, on land donated as a Centennial project.

108087 Highway 7, Tweed · Checked Jul 2026 · Municipality of Tweed · Map
North America's smallest jailhouse

Three cells and barely room to stand — Tweed's famously tiny lockup claims the title of North America's smallest jailhouse and is one of the most photographed little buildings in Ontario. Pair it with the Tweed & Area Heritage Centre for the full village story.

61 Victoria Street North, Tweed · Checked Jul 2026 · Municipality of Tweed; Hastings County · Map
Tweed Memorial Park & beach (Stoco Lake)

Swim in Stoco Lake right in the village, with a playground, picnic shelter, and boat launch alongside — plus a cenotaph and the locally sculpted Lone Wolf Statue. Health unit tests weekly in season; check the posting board after heavy rain.

45 Victoria Street South, Tweed · Checked Jul 2026 · Municipality of Tweed parks page · Map
Tweed Public Boat Launch

The straightforward way onto Stoco Lake, a short walk from Memorial Park and the main street. A second, tighter launch sits on Cosy Cove Lane off Sulphide Road where parking is very limited.

125 River St E, Tweed · Checked Aug 2026 · Municipality of Tweed · Map
Trans Canada Trail & the Bancroft loop

The corridor trail comes through from Kaladar, and the signature Tweed-to-Bancroft ATV loop starts here — past Stoco Lake and north into the Hastings highlands. Butter tarts on the return leg.

Checked Jul 2026 · trail sources · Map

Halls and clubs in Tweed

Lions Hungerford Hall

The Lions hall on Victoria Street, one of the rooms Tweed lets out for suppers, meetings and parties.

65 Victoria St, Tweed · Checked Sep 2026 · Municipality of Tweed facility directory · Map

Where to eat in Tweed

Duffer's Chuckwagon

Parked beside Stoco Lake, and second-generation — the family bought a Tweed coffee route in 1978 and added the chip wagon in 1981. Fries, burgers, sausages and deep-fried veg.

240 Victoria St S · Checked Aug 2026 · the wagon's own site, dufferschipwagon.com · Map