Embrun, Ontario - Embrun Panthers, Ottawa Carleton E-School, Limoges Road, Ottawa-Manotick Aerodrome, Ottawa-Embrun Aerodrome (Paperback)

Chapters: Embrun Panthers, Ottawa Carleton E-School, Limoges Road, Ottawa/manotick Aerodrome, Ottawa/embrun Aerodrome, Embrun Forestry Corporation, Embrun Lumber Company. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Embrun (mbrn in English; French pronunciation: ), UN/LOCODE: CA EBU, is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario in the Eastern Ontario region. Embrun is also part of the National Capital Region. Embrun is part of the larger Russell Township in Prescott and Russell United Counties. With a population of 8,048 (entire town) or 5,655 (urban area), it is the largest community in Russell Township. Embrun is largely (but not exclusively) francophone. The urban area grew by 26.6% from 2001 to 2006. The community is located approximately a twenty-five minute drive from Ottawa, an hour and a half from Montreal, and a five hour drive from Toronto. Embrun is located near Trans-Canada Highway 417. Politically, the community is situated in the electoral district of GlengarryPrescottRussell both provincially and federally. The first residents of Embrun settled the town in 1845 . Francois Michel named the town in 1857 after Embrun, France . The town was prosperous throughout the Victorian era, but much of the 20th century was spent in a period of economic stagnation . Embrun has since recovered and is now experiencing economic prosperity . The population of the town was 8,048 in 2006. In 1898 the New York and Ottawa Railway was built. This railway, which travelled between Tupper Lake, New York and Ottawa, stopped at Embrun six times every day except for Sunday. This railway line continued operation until 1957, when a combination of pressures from the National Capital Commission, who wished to cut down on the number of railway lines through Ottawa in an...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=152053