County of Renfrew

The Ottawa Valley began forming 600 million years ago, and today the land forms a trench or valley in both the Province of Ontario and the Province of Quebec. The Ottawa Valley has a well defined river The Ottawa River running through the centre of this land mass. The land within the watershed of the Ottawa River is known as the Ottawa Valley. Renfrew County is located in the heart of the Ottawa Valley, the Province of Ontario in the Dominion of Canada, geographically located in Eastern Ontario. The County of Renfrew in the Ottawa Valley stretches from the outskirts of Canadas Capital, the City of Ottawa, in the east and along the shores of historic Ottawa River in the Province of Ontario, to the northern tip of Algonquin Parks wilderness in the west The County encompasses 17 municipalities and has an area of 7,645.68 sq. kms. The area is rural in nature and is made up of distinct physiographic regions. The County is a composite of diverse segments, one region is an enclave f...