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Hawkesbury is a town in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell in Eastern Ontario, Canada. Hawkesbury is the third most bilingual town in Ontario, with about 70% of its inhabitants being fluent in English and French. Franco-Ontarians make up 89% of the population. [4] The Long-Sault Bridge links it to Grenville, Quebec to the north.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, East Hawkesbury had a population of 3,418 living in 1,425 of its 1,507 total private dwellings, a change of 3.7% from its 2016 population of 3,296. With a land area of 235.06 km 2 (90.76 sq mi), it had a population density of 14.5/km 2 (37.7/sq mi) in 2021. [1]
Near the town of Alfred, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources has designated the Alfred Bog as "a provincially significant wetland and an Area of Natural and Scientific Interest." Species of interest include the palm warbler , northern pitcher-plant , pink lady's-slipper , cottongrass , bog elfin and bog copper butterflies, and ebony ...
The mill complex, known as Hawkesbury or Hamilton Mills, was expanded many times into the largest sawmill in Canada during the 19th century, employing over 1000 people. [8] 1925 mill fire. The offices of the mill were on Chenail Island, which was at the time a thriving center of commerce and the original town center of Hawkesbury.
King's Highway 34, commonly referred to as Highway 34, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The route connects Highway 417 south of Vankleek Hill with Hawkesbury. It is 16.9 kilometres (10.5 mi) long, traveling through a mostly rural portion of the lower Ottawa Valley near the Ontario–Quebec border.
Storehouse Furniture was founded in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1969, and it quickly became an early style leader in well-designed, well-priced contemporary furnishings. [ citation needed ] In fact, it was Storehouse that brought many of today's best international manufacturers to the United States for the first time.
Hawkesbury Island, an island in British Columbia; Hawkesbury, Ontario, a town Hawkesbury Airport, or Hawkesbury (West) Airport (TC: CNV4) Hawkesbury (East) Airport (TC: CPG5) Hawkesbury (Windover Field) Airport (TC: CPD8) Port Hawkesbury, a town in Nova Scotia Port Hawkesbury Airport (IATA: YPS, ICAO: CYPD)
École secondaire catholique régionale de Hawkesbury 45°36′22″N 74°37′29″W / 45.6062°N 74.6246°W / 45.6062; -74 This Ontario school-related article is a stub .