Edwards, Ontario
Edwards is a dispersed rural community[1] at the headwaters of Bear Brook in the Osgoode Ward of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. According to the Canada 2011 Census, the surrounding blocks had a population of 346.[2]
Edwards was named[3] in 1901 after William Cameron Edwards (1844–1921).[4] Edwards was a lumberman, MP for Russell 1887 -1903 and a senator. From 1898 to 1957 Edwards was a flag stop for the New York and Ottawa Railway. New York Central Railway with a station and siding and telegraph operator were here until the tracks were torn up in 1957.[5]
Edwards has many small businesses golf courses and auto mechanics, and has had their own Post Office. The post office has been in the same family since around 1900.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
There is a city run park and an Orange Lodge and now there is a solar farm at Parkway and Yorks Corners roads.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
References
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- ↑ Population calculated by combining Census Blocks 3506148003, 3506147902, 3506147903, 3506147905
- ↑ Ontario Place Names by David E. Scott Template:ISBN
- ↑ William Cameron Edwards
- ↑ New York and Ottawa Railway
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