Greater Napanee, Ontario

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About Greater Napanee, Ontario

Greater Napanee (2001 population 15,132) is a town in, and the seat of Lennox and Addington County in eastern Ontario, Canada approximately 40 kilometres west of Kingston.

The present municipality known as Greater Napanee was created by amalgamating the old Town of Napanee with the townships of Adolphustown, North and South Fredericksburgh and Richmond in 1999.

The area was originally settled by Loyalists in the late 18th century and was first incorporated in 1854. The original hamlet of Napanee is located at the site of a waterfall on the Napanee River, and was first known as Clarksville after Robert Clark, who built a grist mill here. Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada's first prime minister, who practiced law in Napanee, was said to have an affinity for the town, and today many surveys have said it to be one of the prettiest towns in the province.

The town is home to the Allan Macpherson House, a historic property, and current-day museum to the past. It sits on the banks of the Napanee River, which runs through the town.

The primary schooling for the area consists of Westdale Park Public School, The Prince Charles Public School, H.H. Langford Public School, J. J. O'Neill Catholic School, and Selby Public School for grades 1 to 8, and Napanee District Secondary School for grades 9 to 12. Some teenagers also commute a short distance to Ernestown Secondary School to the east in Loyalist township, or Holy Cross Catholic Secondary Schoolfurther east in Kingston.

The largest employer is a Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company plant.

Area bodies of water are well known for their excellent fishing, notably Walleye.

The main streets are Dundas Street (east-west) and Centre Street (north-south). Dundas Street is part of former Provincial Highway Number Two, also known as Kingston Road, and travels through downtown from Toronto in the west and onward to Kingston in the east. Centre Street travels through the centre of the town from the modern commercial area close to Highway 401 to the downtown and onwards to rural townships south of the town.