Dwyer Hill, Ottawa Explained

Dwyer Hill is a farming community in Rideau-Goulbourn Ward, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.^[1]

Located approximately 50 km southwest of downtown Ottawa and 30 km northeast of Smiths Falls, the community is centred on the intersection of Dwyer Hill Road (Route #3) and Franktown Road (Route #10).Anderson Farm is on the corner of Franktown Rd. and Dwyer Hill Rd and been there since 1837. It is now owned and operated by Robert and Brenda Anderson.

Kings Creek joins the Jock River just east of the community.

It is the headquarters for Joint Task Force 2.^[2]

Dwyer Hill is also a railway point marked by a signpost on the VIA Rail line between Ottawa station and Smiths Falls station.

References

• Web site: Toporama - Topographic Map Sheet 31G4 . . . 2009-10-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100831093006/http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map . 2010-08-31 .

45.1253°N -75.9467°W

Notes and References

1. https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/FBASB Place name search
2. News: . Military says rules were followed despite theft from JTF2 base of $23,000 worth of gun parts, equipment . October 25, 2019 . David . Pugliese . The Canadian military won’t identify the special forces unit that Collier served in, but the CBC has reported the thefts took place at the Joint Task Force 2 at Dwyer Hill. JTF2 is Canada’s secretive counter-terrorism unit..