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6240 Perth St.,
Richmond,
Ontario
K0A 2Z0
Ontario Tourism Region : Ottawa and Countryside
Phone : (613) 838-2026
Your Host(s) : Richmond Public Library
Description From Owner:
- Pop. 3,177. In the Reg. Mun. of Ottawa-Carleton, on the Jock R (a tributary of the Rideau R) and C. Rds. 5 & 10, 32 km. SW of Ottawa.
- Richmond was one of four settlements of military veterans intended to form a chain of potential defence across eastern Upper Canada.
- The other communities were Perth, Lanark, and March. Richmond Military Settlement was settled around 1818 and named after Charles Lennox, fourth Duke of Richmond, governor-in-ehief of Canada 1818-19.
- He was a career soldier and fought at least two duels, one with the Duke of York.
- Lennox was in Canada only a short time before he was bitten by a pet fox at William Henry, (now Sorel QC), and died near Richmond of hydrophobia (rabies).
- From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884
Address of this page:
http://www.ruralroutes.com/richmondontario
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Visitors to this page: 2,669
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Richmond, Nepean area, 0km
Mills Corners, 4km
Goodstown, 4km
Twin Elm, 4km
Baxters Corners, 4km
Stapledon, 6km
Mansfield, Nepean area, 6km
Fallowfield, 9km
Moores Corners, 7km
Stanley Corners, 8km
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Nearby Lakes: |
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Mud Lake, 20km
Mud Pond, 24km
North Mud Lake, 22km
Dows Lake, 25km
Brewer Park Pond, 24km
Constance Lake, 27km
South Mud Lake, 30km
Casey Lake, 30km
McKay Lake, 32km
Sand Pits Lake, 32km
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