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'Post Office, Arnprior'25 August 1910
35 Madawaska Street, Arnprior, Ontario, Canada
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Originally a black and white photograph, this would have been hand coloured before being printed as a postcard. Note the absence of the steps on the Madawaska Street side (southeast) of the building.3
'Chat's Lake from 'The Hill,' Arnprior, Ont.'1900
Chats Lake, Ottawa River, Arnprior, Ontario, Canada
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According to Peter Hessel, portage des chats was so called because of the sharp rocks that filled the river and scratched, in a manner of speaking, the canoes of the voyageurs. However, Hessel also cites, in his book, "McNab, The Township", that Nicholas Garry, the Deputy Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, who went up the Ottawa in 1821, wrote in his diary that these "most frightful rapids" and the lake above them were so called from the quantity of raccoons, which formerly filled the adjacent woods.5
'The Driveway, Arnprior, Ont.'1900
John Street, Arnprior, Ontario, Canada
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Known as the Driveway, John Street North was the entrance to 'The Hill', the grand residence of the McLachlin family where the Prince of Wales stayed during his visit in 1860.7
'(The Hill) Oak Tree planted by King Edward, 1860, Arnprior, Ont.'1900
John Street, Arnprior, Ontario, Canada
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During his stay at 'The Hill' in 1860, The Prince of Wales planted an oak sapling. It remains standing to this day as a reminder of his visit.9
'Arnprior Hospital. Arnprior, Ontario, Canada'1951
John Street, Arnprior, Ontario, Canada
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Daniel McLachlin Junior turned over ownership of his house on John Street to the town of Arnprior in the 1930's. It then eventually became the Arnprior Hospital.11
'Arnprior and District Memorial Hospital'1960
John Street, Arnprior, Ontario, Canada
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'The Driveway, Arnprior, Ontario'1900
John Street, Arnprior, Ontario, Canada
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'The Driveway, Arnprior, Canada'28 September 1912
John Street, Arnprior, Ontario, Canada
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'John Street, Arnprior, Ontario'1905
John Street, Arnprior, Ontario, Canada
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