RENFREW COUNTY, ONTARIO

'Renfrew' is a county in the Canadian province of Ontario. In 2001, the population was 95,138 and county covered 7,645.68 km², giving a population density of 12.4/km². There are 17 official municipalities.

Contents

Government

Geography

Municipalities

Original townships

See also

References

External links

Government

The county head of government is in Pembroke. In 2006, the county was represented at the Canadian House of Commons as part of the riding of Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke.

Geography

Renfrew Country is known for its lakeside cottages and white-water rafting along the Ottawa River, and has more than 900 lakes ^[1].

Municipalities

★ Town of Arnprior

★ Town of Deep River

★ Town of Laurentian Hills

★ Town of Petawawa

★ Town of Renfrew

★ Township of Admaston/Bromley

★ Township of Bonnechere Valley

★ Township of Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan

★ Township of Greater Madawaska

★ Township of Head, Clara and Maria

★ Township of Horton

★ Township of Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards

★ Township of Laurentian Valley

★ Township of Madawaska Valley

★ Township of McNab/Braeside

★ Township of North Algona-Wilberforce

★ Township of Whitewater Region
The city of Pembroke is a separated municipality.

Original townships

★ Admaston (Now part of Admaston Bromley)

★ Alice (Now part of Laurentian Valley)

★ Bagot (Now part of Greater Madawaska)

★ Blythfield (Now part of Greater Madawaska)

★ Bromley (Now part of Admaston Bromley)

★ Brougham (Now part of Greater Madawaska)

★ Brudenell (Now part of Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan)

★ Buchanan (Now part of the Town of Laurentian Hills)

★ Burns (Now part of Madawaska Valley)

★ Clara (Now part of Head, Clara, and Maria)

★ Fraser (Now part of Laurentian Valley)

★ Grattan (Now part of Bonnechere Valley)

★ Griffith (Now part of Greater Madawaska)

★ Hagarty (Now part of Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards)

★ Head (Now part of Head, Clara and Maria)

★ Horton (Still exists)

★ Jones (Now part of Madawaska Valley)

★ Lyndoch (Now part of Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan)

★ Maria (Now part of Head, Clara and Maria)

★ Matawatchan (Now part of Greater Madawaska)

★ McKay (Now part of the Town of Laurentian Hills]])

★ McNab (Now McNab/Braeside)

★ North Algona (Now part of North Algona-Wilberforce)

★ Pembroke (Now part of Laurentian Valley)

★ Petawawa (Now the Town of Petawawa)

★ Radcliffe (Now part of Madawaska Valley)

★ Raglan (Now part of Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan)

★ Richards (Now part of Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards)

★ Rolph (Now part of the Town of Laurentian Hills)

★ Ross (Now part of Whitewater Region)

★ Sebastopol (Now part of Bonnechere Valley)

★ Sherwood (Now part of Madawaska Valley)

★ South Algona (Now part of Bonnechere Valley)

★ Stafford (Now part of Laurentian Valley)

★ Westmeath (Now part of Whitewater Region)

★ Wilberforce (Now part of North Algona-Wilberforce)

★ Wylie (Now part of the Town of Laurentian Hills)

See also

★ List of Ontario counties

References

1. http://www.countyofrenfrew.on.ca/

External links

★ Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada located in the Ottawa Valley, County of Renfrew