The village is located to the south of Canal Lake.
[1] By 1869, Bolsover was a village with a population of 150 in the township of Eldon, County Victoria.
It was on the line of the proposed Toronto and Nipissing Railway.
[2][clarification needed] Bolsover is home to the Western Trent Golf Club.
[3] Dave Devall, well-known former meteorologist who worked for the television station CFTO-TV (CTV Toronto) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, resides in Bolsover.