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Reggio Capitale (Ottawa/Kanata)- 4101 Innovation Drive
Title Event Sponsor Brookstreet Hotel
FeedStation Sponsors: Enervit, I Love Lungs/OLA
~ Founded in 1826 as Bytown, renamed "Ottawa" the Algonquin word adawe, meaning "to trade"
~ The Ottawa River was called Kichi Sibi or Kichissippi' or "Grand River"
~ The Rideau Canal circa 1826 separated Upper and Lower Town
~ Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as common capital for ease of transportation
~ Local lumber barons created World's largest timber industry
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McDonald's Corners Fire Hall- 5617 McDonald's Corner Road
Sponsors: Enervit and I Love Lungs/ Ontario Lung Association
~ sitting high above breathtaking Dalhousie Lake~ quaint township holding true to its heritage
~ well known for Maple syrup and its logging
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Lanark Village Citivan Club- 2144 Pine Grove Road
Sponsors: Enervit and Lanark & District Civitan Club
~ first settled in 1820 by Scottish immigrants who named it after Lanark in Scotland
~ Clyde River used as power for textile production & transportation route for logging industry
~ famous for textile employers Glenayr Kitten Mill & Clyde Woolen Mills
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Tatlock- St Peter's United Church- 5504 Tatlock Road
Sponsors: Enervit and I Love Lungs/ Ontario Lung Association
~quaint Hamlet just off the 511 between Lanark Village and Calabogie ~great road riding with short steep pitches along Tatlock Rd
~well known for the Tatlock Quarry mined by OMYA for calcitic marble
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Perth Arena- 2 Beckwith Street East
Sponsor: Enervit and I Love Lungs/ Ontario Lung Association
~ town was established as a military settlement in 1816
~ the Tay River splits Perth into two main channels
~ site of the first telephone other than Bell's experimental installations
~ stonemason's work in buildings and Rideau Canal locks
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Clayton Park- 2843 Tatlock Road
Sponsors: Enervit and I Love Lungs/ Ontario Lung Association
~ founded in 1824, originally known as Bellamy Mills until 1858~ based on water power sites of the Mississippi and Indian Rivers
~ saw, grist and wollen mill businesses helped the town develop
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Almonte Arena- 182 Bridge St.
Sponsors: Enervit and I Love Lungs/ Ontario Lung Association
~ first settled in 1819 as site for mill known as Shepherd's Falls~ former mill & textile town and ward of Mississippi Mills
~ leading centres in Ontario for the manufacture of woollen cloth
~ the Mississippi River runs through Almonte
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Carleton Place, Appleton Bay Park- 533 River Road
Sponsors: Enervit and I Love Lungs/ Ontario Lung Association
~ settlement in 1819 for waterfall potential spawning a mill & first area textile/lumber industries
~ originally Morphy's Falls, renamed Carleton Place, after a street in Glasgow, Scotland
~ the Mississippi River runs through the town as a tributaries of the Ottawa River
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Ashton- Hobbs Family Meat and Bakery- 2394 Dywer Hill Road
Sponsors: Enervit and I Love Lungs/ Ontario Lung Association
~ 200 year old family owned business and farm in the heart Ottawa's Lower Valley's rural community
~ situated just outside of Ashton village, and nearby the Jock river with rural charm and relatively unchanged landscape
~ Shares road with Ottawa's Special Joint Task Force 2, an elite special operations force of the Canadian Forces
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Panmure Road @ Dwyer Hill Road
Sponsors: Enervit and I Love Lungs/ Ontario Lung Association
~ Dywer Hill road is the longest road within the municipal jurisdiction of Ottawa
~ This road runs parralel to the city's western border, running through many rural communities such as Panmure.
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Carp Post Office- 3731 Carp Road
~ the village takes its name from the Carp River which runs through it~ famous for the Carp Fair dating back to 1880, still operating
~ was a transit station from the West into Ottawa, now a suburb with rural flair