90 Madawaska St.
Arnprior, Ontario
K7S 1S3

Ontario Tourism Region : Ontario's Highlands

Phone : (613) 623-4318
Your Host(s) : Canada Post Main Office

Description From Owner:

• Pop. 6,552. In McNab T., Renfrew C., on L. des Chats (a widening of the Ottawa R. at the mouth of the Madawaska R.) and C. Rds. 1 & 2, just off Hwy 17,67 km. W of Ottawa.
• In 1823, Archibald McNab, 13th chief of the Clan McNab, came to Upper Canada with 80 Scottish Highlanders and took control of an unsettled township, which he named after himself.
• He built a log house that he called Kennell Lodge and established the patriarchal rule of a Scottish chief, compelling settlers to pay illegal fees for their lands.
• In 1831, McNab met George and Andrew Buchanan in Montreal and persuaded them to settle in his township. The Buchanans named the place Arnprior after their home in Stirlingshire, Scotland.
• In the 1830s the Toronto Examiner exposed McNab's illegal activities and, following a government investigation, he lost his settlement rights in 1840 and returned to Scotland.
• From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884

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