|
|
6745 Rideau Valley Dr. S.,
Kars,
Ontario
K0A 2E0
Phone : (613) 489-3969
Your Host(s) : General Store & Post Office
Description From Owner:
- Pop. 1,575. In Reg. Mun. of Ottawa-Carleton on the W bank of the Rideau R. and the N shore of Stevens Cr., on C. Rds. 6 & 13,37 km S of Ottawa.
- North Gower T. was surveyed in 1791-93, and the fIrst settlers were Irish squatters John and Ellen O'Callaghan in 1815.
- In 1820 two men named Merrick and Stevens scouted the area for its lumbering potential, but that venture ended when Stevens drowned in the creek that bears his name.
- In 1829 James Lindsay built a wharf and the place was called Lindsay's Wharf. In 1856 Provincial Land Surveyor H. O. Wood was hired to survey a village site, which he named Wellington after the Duke of Wellington.
- A place by that name existed in Ontario, so the name was changed to Kars when the post office opened.
- The name honours the people of Kars, Turkey, for defending their city against the Russians in 1855 during the Crimean War.
- From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884
Address of this page:
http://www.ruralroutes.com/kars
|
Visitors to this page: 706
Off the beaten track: |
|
Reeve Craig, 6km
Watterson Corners, 7km
Carsonby, 6km
Sabourins Crossing, 8km
West Osgoode, 6km
Enniskerry, 8km
Herbert Corners, 9km
Manotick Station, 11km
Reids Mills, Kemptville area, 9km
Becketts Landing, 12km
|
Nearby Lakes: |
|
Brewer Park Pond, 26km
Dows Lake, 27km
Mud Lake, 27km
Lissons Lake, 31km
Sand Pits Lake, 33km
McKay Lake, 33km
North Mud Lake, 31km
Mud Pond, 35km
Cranberry Lake, 41km
Constance Lake, 38km
|
|
|
