North Gower Explained
| Official Name: | North Gower |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Ottawa |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ottawa |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ontario |
| Subdivision Type2: | City |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ottawa |
| Leader Title1: | MPs |
| Leader Title2: | MPPs |
| Leader Title3: | Councillors |
| Leader Name1: | Pierre Poilievre |
| Leader Name2: | Goldie Ghamari |
| Leader Name3: | David Brown |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1846 |
| Established Title2: | Incorporated |
| Established Date2: | 1905 (Police Village of North Gower) |
| Established Title3: | Amalgamation |
| Established Date3: | 1974 (Township of Rideau)
2001 (City of Ottawa) |
| Area Total Km2: | 19.001 |
| Settlement Type: | Community |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Note: | Canada 2016 Census[1] |
| Population Total: | 2187 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Coordinates: | 45.1333°N -75.7167°W |
| Elevation M: | 90 |
North Gower is a small village in eastern Ontario, originally part of North Gower Township, now part of the city of Ottawa. Surrounding communities include Richmond, Kemptville, Kars and Manotick. Public high school students in this area go to South Carleton High School in Richmond. Elementary school students go to Marlborough Public School in North Gower.
The village took its name from Admiral John Leveson-Gower, Lord of the Admiralty from 1783 to 1789.[2]
History
By 1866, North Gower was a post village of the township of North Gower 6 miles from Osgoode Station, on the Ottawa and Prescott Railway, and 22 miles from Ottawa. It was situated on Stevens Creek. The village contained four general stores, two wagon shops, five boot and shoe shops, and other mechanical trades. There were three churches, the Church of England, Rev. Mr. Merritt, rector; the Wesleyan Methodist, Rev. W m. M. Pattyson, minister; and the Canada Presbyterian Church, Rev. Wm: Lochead minister. There was a school, with an average attendance of forty-eight pupils. The 5th Division Courts were held here.[3]
In 2001, North Gower was amalgamated into Ottawa along with the remainder of Carleton County.
Historical buildings
- City of Ottawa Archives, Rideau Branch (1876) - 6581 Fourth Line Road. The former North Gower Township town hall was restored in 1980s and opened as the Rideau Township Archive in 1990. The one-storey, brick-faced building features fine proportions, careful detailing, and a cupola. The archives photo displays highlight the postal history of Rideau and the stories of home children in the area. The archives was included amongst other architecturally interesting and historically significant buildings in Doors Open Ottawa, held June 2 and 3, 2012.[4]
- Former Marlborough Township Hall (1855) - 3048 Pierce Rd, Pierces Corners. Constructed by Robert Mackey as a community centre, the one-story frame building was moved to its present site in 1934. The framing uses a series of posts and trusses that allows a clear ceiling.
- Holy Trinity Anglican Church (1879) - 2372 Church St. A single-story stone church supported by heavy stone buttresses and fronted with an imposing bell tower, it sites on land originally deeded to the Synod of the Diocese of Ontario in 1867. Tall stained glass windows dominate the Sanctuary while commemorative ones are displayed throughout the church. The Church also has its own Churchyard Cemetery - a beautiful example of a rural churchyard cemetery, still with lots available to the parishioners and the general community.
- North Gower United Church (1870) - 2332 Church Street. A traditional white-painted wood-frame church, North Gower United Church was originally built in 1870 as the North Gower Presbyterian Church. When the United Church of Canada was formed in 1925 from elements of the Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational Union faiths, it became North Gower United Church. Its steeple makes it the tallest occupied building in North Gower (i.e., excluding farm structures such as silos).
- St. John the Baptist Anglican Church (1892) - 3027 Pierce Rd., Pierces Corners. This solid timber-frame church designed by Amaldi and Caldeson, Architects, has stone foundation and central bell tower. All original pews and stained glass windows. Church stable, once used for the congregation's horses, still stands. This church was decommissioned in 2008 (approximately).
- The Old Co-op.
Notable People
Notes and References
- Population calculated by combining the populations of Dissemination Areas 35061128, 35061127, 35061130, 35061129 and subtracting Dissemination Block 35061129001
- News: North Gower . Ottawa Citizen . May 29, 1985 . 2 December 2015 . Turcotte, Bobbi . B8.
- Ottawa City and counties of Carleton and Russell Directory, 1866-7
- http://ottawa.ca/doorsopen Doors Open Ottawa
