Innisville, Ontario is a small village set in between the towns of

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and

Carleton Place, Ontario Carleton Place is a town in Eastern Ontario, Canada, in Lanark County, about west of downtown Ottawa. It is located at the crossroads of Highway 15 and Highway 7, halfway between the towns of Perth, Almonte, Smiths Falls, and the nation's ca ...

on what is known as Highway 7 or the

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. It lies about 15 miles from Perth, on the

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. The village is separated by the Mississippi River (via Mississippi Lake) into Innisville South and Innisville North.

History

Innisville was settled in the mid-to-late 1810s. The North side was settled first. The village grew around

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using the falls on the Mississippi. Other industries, as well as stores, were attracted to the area. The original name was Freer Falls, later changed to Ennisville and finally Innisville. A bridge was later built over the river.

References

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