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1 Main E.
Athens,
Ontario
K0E 1B0
Ontario Tourism Region : The Great Waterway
Phone : (613) 924-2131
Your Host(s) : Post Office
Description From Owner:
- Pop. 938. In Yonge and Escott Ts., Leeds and Grenville Cs., on C. Rds. 5,40 & 42, 25 km. W of Brockville.
- The first settler was John Dixon in 1784, and the settlement was called Dixon's Corner until the post office opened in 1836 as Farmersville.
- One of the first agricultural exhibitions in Ontario was held here, and it was the site of one of the fIrst sanatoria in the province.
- In 1888 prosperous merchant Arza Parish suggested the name Athens because, like its namesake in Greece, the town had become an educational centre.
- It had a grammar school in 1860, a model school in 1877, and a high school in 1888. Since 1986 the town has invited artists to create large murals on the outside walls of buildings as a tourist attraction.
- From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884
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Map Below gives Canadian Geographical Names
Natural Resources Canada in Leeds and Grenville County.
Address of this page:
http://www.ruralroutes.com/athens
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Visitors to this page: 2,870
Off the beaten track: |
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Wights Corners, 2km
Anoma Lea, 2km
Wiltsetown, 3km
Hayes Corners, Brockville area, 5km
Glen Elbe, 4km
Glen Morris, 5km
Eloida, 6km
Hawkes, 6km
Beales Mills, 6km
Sheatown, 7km
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Nearby Lakes: |
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Mud Lake, 2km
Wiltse Lake, 4km
Lake Eloida, 4km
Temperance Lake, 7km
Graham Lake, 8km
Centre Lake, 8km
Mud Lake, 8km
Irish Lake, 13km
Charleston Lake, 12km
Green Lake, 11km
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