- Deep River, Ontario
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Deep River — Town — Town Hall in Deep River
Deep RiverCoordinates: 46°06′N 77°29.5′W / 46.1°N 77.4917°W Country 
CanadaProvince 
OntarioCounty Renfrew Founded 1944 Area[1] - Land 50.84 km2 (19.6 sq mi) Population (2006)[1] - Total 4,216 - Density 82.9/km2 (214.7/sq mi) Time zone Eastern Standard Time (EST) (UTC-5) - Summer (DST) Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (UTC-4) Area code(s) 613 Website town.deepriver.on.ca Deep River (2006 population: 4216 [1]) is a town in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. Located along the Ottawa River, it lies about 200 kilometres (120 mi) north-west of Ottawa on the Trans-Canada Highway. Deep River is opposite the Laurentian Mountains and the Province of Quebec.
The primary industry centres around research at the Chalk River Nuclear Research Laboratory, in nearby Chalk River, Ontario, a facility of the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited.
Chalk River is about 10 km south of Deep River down High Way 17E
Technically, the plant belongs to the municipality of Deep River. Property taxes make up the majority of Deep River's budget.
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History
Plans for the construction of this planned community began in 1944 by the federal government as part of the Manhattan Project, to accommodate employees of the nearby Chalk River Nuclear Research Laboratories. Along with Los Alamos, New Mexico and Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Chalk River was an offshoot of the nuclear effort for the allies and scientists, engineers, and tradesmen from around the world who came to work on the Manhattan project. After World War II, Canada continued on with research into the atom, and dedicated the country to the peaceful uses that could be derived from putting the atom to use. Deep River was situated far enough upwind and upriver of the Chalk River research reactors to avoid radioactive fallout.
John Bland, an architecture professor at McGill University, developed the town's first master plan in 1944. Bland located the town between the existing Highway 17 and the Ottawa River. He designed a system of streets which generally followed the contours of the area's topography. Residential neighborhoods stretched out from a commercial and service-sector core. Straight and broad avenues ran along contour lines, while narrower and winding streets lay at right angles, discouraging non-local traffic from entering neighborhoods. Parks and schools were scattered strategically throughout the town. The streets were named after local flora, Canadian politicians and famous scientists such as Rutherford and Darwin.[2]
At the same time, its economy and development was further boosted by the construction of the Des Joachim Hydroelectric Generating Station and dam on the Ottawa River at Rolphton, which opened on June 28, 1950.[3]
The town was the subject of a famous Maclean's Magazine article in 1958 by the noted Canadian journalist, editor, and author Peter C. Newman. Entitled, "Deep River: Almost the Perfect Place to Live,"[4] the article took a sardonic take on the town as a very odd and isolated place populated by mostly young, highly educated and bored scientists and technicians struggling to find things to do with their time: "The Utopian town where our atomic scientists live and play has no crime, no slums, no unemployment and few mothers-in-law."
Geography
Marina on the Ottawa River.
Deep River is located at a latitude of 46°06' north and longitude 77°30' west, in the Boreal Forest biozone, and has an area of 50.87 square kilometres. The town sits on the section of the Ottawa River referred to as "La Rivière Creuse" (the "Deep River") by 17th-century French explorers, and which later was at the heart of Canada's 19th-century timber trade.
Recreation, arts and culture
Deep River boasts many active clubs.[5] Among the numerous community accomplishments is the creation of the Deep River Symphony Orchestra, formed in 1951, making Deep River one of the smallest towns to have a symphony orchestra. Cross-country skiing is a popular winter recreation. Avid skiers of the Deep River Cross-Country Ski Club[6] created the Silver Spoon trails and an annual race that brings contestants from across Ontario. Another popular event is Summerfest, a festival held once every two years, hosting many local and famous artists including Sloan, Wide Mouth Mason, Amanda Wilkinson, Daniel Lanois, Mobile, and K' Naan. The festival also organizes many recreational events including the Cross-River Swim. Deep River is generally known to have picturesque scenery, excellent boating along the broad river, and good hiking in the hills across the Ottawa River. Deep River also has a community pool, fire department, ski hill, golf course, curling rink, yacht club, and a library, as well as the Canadian Clock Museum, home to an extensive collection of clocks from the The Arthur Pequegnat Clock Company.
Education
Deep River is home to four schools, for students from Junior Kindergarten through Grade 12:
- T.W. Morison Public School [1] - for students JK to grade 6. As decided by the school board on October 26, 2009, Morison Public School was closed down and moved into Mackenzie High School for the 2011-2012 school year in favour of making Mackenzie a JK-12 "education centre." When this happens, the school will be given a large amount of money. One use of this is for netbook laptops for the grade 7 students.
- Keys Public School [2] - no longer "exists", it used to house students grade 5 to grade 8. At the end of the 2004-2005 school year, Keys Public School was officially closed down due to budget cuts in the school board. The Junior half of Keys (grades 5 and 6) was moved to Morison Public School, and the Intermediate half (grades 7 and 8) joined Mackenzie, separated by name only (though Mackenzie students are not allowed in the Keys Wing). It was predicted Morison would close down at the end of the 2006-2007 school year (for same above mentioned reasons) and would join Mackenzie High School as well, but was delayed in a decision to close until October 2009.In 2011, with the creation of Mackenzie Community School, Keys ceased to exist. The Keys Public School building was rented by AECL (Atomic Energy Canada Limited) for use as an office building. There have since been small changes to the building such as new fences, change in parking, security cameras and codes and badge scanners for doors.
- Mackenzie High School [3] - for students grades 9 to 12 (building now houses Keys Public School)
- St. Mary's Catholic School [4] - for students JK to grade 8
Every summer, many top-grade university students and high-school students participate in numerous science projects organized by Deep River Science Academy in cooperation with many of the knowledge-economy enterprises of the area.
Media
Deep River's weekly, The North Renfrew Times,[7] has been published by the Deep River Community Association[8] since the Town's earliest days.
Radio
Deep River is served by a low-power AM repeater of Ottawa's CBC Radio station, CBO-FM:
- 1110 AM - CBLI, CBC Radio One
All other stations that may be heard in Deep River broadcast from Pembroke, Ontario. See radio stations in the Ottawa Valley Region and Quebec.
Movies
Deep River has achieved a degree of notoriety in the films of David Lynch. As well as being referenced in Blue Velvet, the town is specifically mentioned in Mulholland Drive, Lynch's surreal film about a young actress struggling to cope in Hollywood. Naomi Watts plays a character named Betty at the beginning of the film.
“ Betty: "I just came here from Deep River, Ontario, and now I'm in this ... dream place. You can imagine how I feel." ” Deep River is the hometown of Ben Bachelder, who in 2008, shot a zombie film DEEP RIVER:The Island, in and around the town of Deep River.
Neighbouring municipalities
Ottawa River / Sheenboro, Quebec Laurentian Hills 
Ottawa River /
Sheenboro, Quebec
Deep River 
Laurentian Hills See also
Notes
- ^ a b c Statistics Canada 2006 Census - Deep River community profile
- ^ Melvin, Joan. 1995. Deep River: A Pictorial History - 1945 to 1995. DFR Printing, Pembroke, Ontario.
- ^ Ontario Power Generation: Des Joachim Hydroelectric Station, accessed: 2008-02-24
- ^ Peter C. Newman (1958-09-15). "Deep River: Almost the Perfect Place to Live". Macleans. http://www.sttranslation.com/deepriver/content/m-index.html/.
- ^ Deep River Community Association. "DRCA Member Clubs". http://www.magma.ca/~drevents/drca_member_clubs.htm.
- ^ Town of Deep River. "Deep River Cross-Country Ski Club". http://www.deepriver.ca/DRXC.htm.
- ^ The North Renfrew Times
- ^ The Deep River Community Association
External links
Coordinates: 46°06′03″N 77°29′35″W / 46.100747°N 77.493028°W
- Deep River, Ontario, Canada [5] Official site
- Deep River Public Library
- North Renfrew Times
- Statistics Canada 2001 Community Profile - Deep River, Ontario
Ottawa River / Sheenboro, Quebec Laurentian Hills Ottawa River /
Sheenboro, Quebec Deep River Laurentian Hills Cities Pembroke 1
Towns Townships First Nations reserves See also: Communities in Renfrew County • Census divisions of Ontario
1 Separated municipality but remains a census subdivision of the countyCategories:- Municipalities in Renfrew County, Ontario
- Towns in Ontario
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