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Renfrew
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Renfrew
Total population
8,218
Founded
1848
Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
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. The town is a small transportation hub connecting Highway 60 and Highway 132 with the Trans-Canada Highway which included the town's main street before the Hwy 17 bypass was built. Renfrew is also known historically for its role in the formation of the National Hockey League. It lies about 5 kilometres from the Quebec border, about 10 kilometres by road. Today a plant in Renfrew makes most of Canada’s hockey tape.
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History
Named after Renfrew, Scotland, in approximately 1848, Renfrew was settled largely in part due to logging in the area in the early 19th century, where the river was used in order to drive the lumber to locations such as Ottawa. This heritage was until recently celebrated every July with the Lumber Baron Festival.
Geography
Renfrew and the surrounding Township of Horton are at the intersection of the Bonnechere River and the Ottawa River in the Ottawa Valley. Renfrew is at the intersection of provincial Highway 17, Highway 60, and Highway 132. The town of Renfrew is the second of five chutes along the Bonnechere River. The others being First Chute Castleford, Third Chute Douglas, Fourth Chute and Fifth Chute Eganville. These chutes were built and used for moving timber past rapids and waterfalls along the Bonnechere. Renfrew has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) with four distinct seasons, warm summers, cold snowy winters and no dry season.
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Geography
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Notable people from here
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Books about Renfrew
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Official Identifiers
StatCan — Statistics Canada
- SGC code
- 3547048
- Population (Wikidata)
- 8,223
- Wikidata
- Q2143987
Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) via Wikidata P3012
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • StatCan — Statistics Canada — Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) via Wikidata P3012