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117 17 Church E.
Smiths Falls, Ontario
K7A 2B6

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Ontario Tourism Region : Ontario's Highlands

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Pop. 209. In Kitley T., Leeds and Grenville Cs., on Irish Cr. and C. Rds. 16 & 17, 45 km NW of Brockville.
In 1806 a Mr. Haskins built a grist mill in the tiny settlement then called Albune. In 1820 Gideon Olmstead bought the mill, and the community became known as Olmstead's Mills.
In 1830, const¬ruction of the Rideau Canal raised the water level in Irish Cr. and destroyed the waterfall, which had supplied power for the mill.
That closed the mill but allowed Irish Cr. to be used for rafting timber. The community became known as Irish Creek and took that name when the post office was established in 1861.
When the Brockville and Ottawa Railway was built from Brockville to Smiths Falls in 1859, railway officials complained that the name Irish Creek sounded 'petty.'
They urged residents to come up with another name. In 1864 the post office was renamed Jasper, the name chosen by residents from a list provided by the post office.
In the 1860s Jasper was the closest community of any size to the hamlet of Plum Hollow where people from far and wide sought to learn their fortunes from the 'Witch of Plum Hollow.'
The 'witch' was Mrs. Elizabeth Barnes, who had been born in County Cork, Ireland. She was described as 'a good and kind woman' and was well respected.
She had been left to raise a family of nine and, because she had a highly developed sense of prophecy, turned to fortune telling.

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Off the beaten track:	Wolford Chapel, 3km Crystal, 5km Eastons Corners, 4km Newbliss, 5km Kilmarnock, 6km Rosedale, Smiths Falls area, 9km Shanes, 6km Yule, 9km Atironto, 10km Motts Mills, 9km Toledo, 11km Hemlock Corners, 9km Wolford Centre, 10km Lehighs Corners, 14km Rocksprings, 13km Carleys Corner, 11km Nolans Corners, 14km	Redan, 14km Bells Crossing, 12km Judgeville, 12km Bellamys Mill, 14km Eloida, 17km Jellyby, 15km Hawkes, 17km Numogate, 16km Welsh, Smiths Falls area, 16km Andrewsville, 16km Greenbush, 17km Blanchards Hill, 14km Frayn's Landing, 14km Snowdons Corners, 14km Bellamys, 18km Wights Corners, 21km Plum Hollow, 20km	Anoma Lea, 22km Port Elmsley, 16km Sheldon's Corners, 21km Glen Elbe, 22km Beveridge Locks, 16km Newmanville, 18km Newboyne, 18km Forthton, 22km Rideau Ferry, 16km Glenview, 19km New Dublin, 21km Glen Buell, 23km Wiltsetown, 24km Chantry, 22km Washburns Corners, 24km Gillies Corners, 23km
Nearby Lakes:	Irish Lake, 9km Cranberry Lake, 9km Atkins Lake, 11km Bacchus Mud Lake, 11km Dunbar Lake, 13km South Mud Lake, 15km Bellamys Lake, 15km Lake Eloida, 19km Mud Lake, 20km Mud Lake, 20km Lower Rideau Lake, 15km Lissons Lake, 15km Otter Lake, 16km North Mud Lake, 22km Bass Lake, 17km Lambs Pond, 22km Wiltse Lake, 26km	Centre Lake, 26km Canton Lake, 20km Temperance Lake, 27km Upper Beverley Lake, 27km Lees Pond, 28km Mill Pond, 21km Little Lake, 22km Graham Lake, 29km Adams Lake, 22km Big Rideau Lake, 23km Green Lake, 31km Otty Lake, 23km Bass Lake, 31km Thoms Mud Lake, 24km Buells Creek Reservoir, 29km Doctor Lake, 24km Long Island Lake, 25km	Loon Lake, 24km Lost Lake, 25km Charleston Lake, 34km Mud Lake, 30km Lower Beverley Lake, 31km Little Long Lake, 32km Long Lake, 25km Andrew Lake, 25km Mud Lake, 25km Rock Lake, 25km McLaren Lake, 25km Round Lake, 26km Mud Lake, 36km Red Horse Lake, 34km Basin Lake, 36km Mills Lake, 26km

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