Arnprior, Ontario
Arnprior is a
town in eastern
Renfrew County, in eastern
Ontario,
Canada at the mouth of the
Madawaska River, as it enters the
Ottawa River in the
Ottawa Valley. As of the
2001 census, it had a population of 7,192 people. Arnprior is located within Canada's
National Capital Region.
The area was first settled by
Archibald McNab who named the area after his family's ancestral home of
Arnprior,
Scotland. After becoming renowned for the despotic way he treated those on his land he was forced to vacate the area in
1840 and the area was vacant until
1851 when it became incorporated into eastern Ontario's massive
timber industry. Arnprior was incorporated as a
village in
1862. Thirty years later (in
1892), it was incorporated as a
town.
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John Street, Arnprior, Ontario. |
Growth Rate (1996-2001): 1.1%
Total Private Dwellings: 3114
Area: 13.03 km
2 Density: 552 people per km
2(according to
Canada 2001 Census)
Mayor:
Terry Gibeau (elected
November 10,
2003, term expires in
2006)
Arnprior is located on the
Trans-Canada Highway system, where
Highway 417 to the east becomes the two-lane
Highway 17 to the west. The town is served by the
Arnprior/South Renfrew Municipal Airport and a nearby floatplane base for
general aviation; scheduled commercial flights leave from the
Ottawa/Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, 56 kilometres to the east.
The town is located on the
Ottawa River, but is cut off from the lower
Ottawa River and the
St. Lawrence Seaway by rapids.
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