Horton is a
township
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in eastern
Ontario
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, Canada, at the confluence of the
Bonnechere River and the
Ottawa River
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in
Renfrew County. The
Town of Renfrew was originally part of Horton Township.
Communities
The township comprises the communities of Castleford, Castleford Station, Cotieville, Fergusons Beach, Goshen,
Lochwinnoch
Lochwinnoch (; sco, Lochineuch, gd, Loch Uinneach) is a village in the council area and historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. Lying on the banks of Castle Semple Loch and the River Calder, Lochwinnoch is ...
(partially), Mayhew and Thompson Hill.
The town of Castleford is the first of five
chutes along the
Bonnechere River. The others being
Renfrew
Renfrew (; sco, Renfrew; gd, Rinn Friù) is a town west of Glasgow in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It is the historic county town of Renfrewshire. Called the "Cradle of the Royal Stewarts" for its early link with Scotland's former ...
,
Douglas
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People
* Douglas (given name)
* Douglas (surname)
Animals
* Douglas (parrot), macaw that starred as the parrot ''Rosalinda'' in Pippi Longstocking
*Douglas the camel, a camel in the Confederate Army in the American Civi ...
,
Fourth Chute and
Eganville
Eganville is a community occupying a deep limestone valley carved at the Fifth Chute of the Bonnechere River in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. Eganville lies within the township of Bonnechere Valley.
Eganville is also known as the Ordovician ...
. The chutes used were for moving timber past rapids and waterfalls.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Horton had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Former attraction
*
Storyland, closed 2011
See also
*
List of townships in Ontario
References
External links
*
Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario
Municipalities in Renfrew County
Township municipalities in Ontario
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