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- Renfrew and the surrounding Township of Horton are at the intersection of the Bonnechere River and the Ottawa River in the Ottawa Valley.
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Renfrew is a town of 8,200 people near the Ottawa River in Eastern Ontario. Much of Renfrew's current prosperity can be attributed to its status as an economic centre for a surrounding rural region with a population of over 30,000.
Renfrew is a town on the Bonnechere River in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. Located one hour west of Ottawa in Eastern Ontario , Renfrew is the fourth largest town in the county after Petawawa , Pembroke and Arnprior .
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The first settlers were timber squatters; Scottish settlers followed. The most prominent Scottish settler was John Lorne McDougall. McDougall was the first store owner and later a member of Parliament. His mill, built in 1855, is now a museum. Around 1848 the site received its present name, for Renfrewshire, Scotland. Renfrewshire is the ancestral ...
In 1850, Sir Francis Hincksoffered free water sites to those who would build mills, and a boom followed. The town was first prominent for lumber, butter making and textiles. Renfrew is now primarily a service centre complemented by some light manufacturing.
The Renfrew Creamery Kings competed in the National Hockey Association, the predecessor to the National Hockey League, in the early 1900s. Financed by wealthy contractor and industrialist, Ambrose J. O'Brien, the team was nicknamed the Renfrew Millionaires. They competed for the Stanley Cupin 1910. Today the Renfrew Timberwolves compete in the Cent...
Eganville is a community occupying a deep limestone valley carved at the Fifth Chute of the Bonnechere River in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. Eganville is situated 4½ km north of Renfrew County.
The Madawaska River is a river in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin in Ontario, Canada. The river is 230 km long and drains an area of 8,470 km2. Overview.
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