1004 Bridge
Arden, Ontario
K0H 1B0

Ontario Tourism Region : Ontario's Highlands

Phone : (613) 335-2811
Your Host(s) : Canada Post

Description From Owner:

• Pop. 239. In Kennebec T., Frontenac C., on Big Clear L. and C. Rd. 15.2 km. S of Hwy 7, 19 km. E ofKaladar, 64 km. NW of Kingston.
• Early settlers were Anglo-Saxons and French, most United Empire Loyalists.
• In the early 1850s the Rathbun Lumber Company set up just N of Arden, creating many jobs and attracting more settlers, some of whom created grain-growing and dairy businesses.
• The community was fIrst known as Clear Valley, but changed to Arden when the post office was established in 1865.
• The name may have been inspired by Alfred Lord Tennyson's recently-published poem Enoch Arden. In 1882 the Ontario and Quebec Railway built their line through Arden and called the station Ardendale.
• The construction of Hwy 7 in 1932 killed the railroad and the last train called in 1967. From 1914 to 1920, Edward Barker provided electricity for homes and street lights from a waterwheel on Arden Cr.
• From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884

Address of this page: http://www.ruralroutes.com/arden

Please be sure to notify the business owner that you found them here on the Internet using RuralRoutes.com

RuralRoutes.com is not responsible for the accuracy of information supplied by subscribers.
RuralRoutes.com is committed to your privacy.