page_title: Formosa, Ontario
section_title: Origins
hierarchical_section_title: Formosa, Ontario / Origins
context_page_description: Formosa is a community located in the municipality of South Bruce, in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.
  Prominent features of Formosa include:
  a hilltop church built from 1875-1883
  Lion and Lioness Park – a picnic stop
  Formosa Springs Brewery
  site of the Saugeen Conservation's main administrative office
  Formosa Inn and TNT General Store
  Neighbouring towns include Mildmay and Walkerton.
  The postal code for the hamlet is N0G 1W0.
context_section_description: Rev. Gaspar Matoga, a Jesuit missionary, visited the area in January 1853, on one of many trips to minister to the new settlements of the region. Upon seeing the valley in which the present day hamlet is situated, he described it as formosa, the Latin word for beautiful.
caption: Bird's Eye view of Formosa
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