Kars is a village on the

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within

Rideau-Jock Ward Rideau-Jock Ward (Ward 21) is a city ward located in Ottawa, Ontario. Situated in the rural south end of the city, the ward includes rural areas west of the Rideau River and the communities of Manotick, Richmond, North Gower, Munster, Kars, Fallo ...

in the city of

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. Prior to joining the city in 2000 it was part of Rideau Township.

History

Kars was originally named Wellington Village. In 1857, to distinguish it from another settlement called Wellington in Prince Edward County, because mail intended for one often went to the other, the village was renamed Kars in honour of the Turkish village’s valiant stand against Russian troops during the Crimean War. By 1866, Kars was a post village with a population of 200 of the township of North Gower, on the Rideau River, one mile from the line of the Ottawa and Prescott Railway. It contained four general stores, and one steam sawmill, established by A. J. Eastman, in 1852, which had the capacity of turning out three million feet of sawed lumber per annum; a brewery owned by A. J. Eastman & Co., with a production capacity of forty barrels per week; a tannery, two wagon shops, a cooperage, a school, a hotel, two churches - Church of England, frame, erected by John Eastman, Esq, and presented to the Church Society, and the Wesleyan Methodist church, frame. Mails tri-weekly. The Loyal Orange Lodge, No. 520, met in the Orange Hall, on the first Tuesday in each month.Ottawa City and counties of Carleton and Russell Directory, 1866-7 The Rideau River is part of the

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. Kars is along the longest uninterrupted section of the River between locks at Long Island in

Manotick Manotick ( ) is a community in Rideau-Jock Ward in the rural south part of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is a suburb of the city, located on the Rideau River, immediately south of the suburbs Barrhaven and Riverside South, about from ...

and

Burritts Rapids Burritts Rapids is a small village located on the Rideau River in eastern Ontario. The hamlet was named after Stephen Burritt, whose family was the first to settle in this area. At one time, the hamlet prospered due to its location on the Rideau ...

. As a small community, most residents work in the city of Ottawa. But the village has an automotive garage and formerly had a general store/post office which permanently closed January 1, 2018. The village had two schools until 2011, when a decision was made to demolish Kars Public School in favour of an expansion of Rideau Valley Middle School. The enlarged school, renamed Kars on the Rideau Public School, is located on nearly 12 acres of land and its nearby soccer fields are among the best kept in all of Ottawa. Kars no longer has a summer fair, but a dog show has continued to run at the former fairgrounds site. Rideau Valley Air Park is located to the south of the village and is the base of operations for the Rideau Valley Soaring School.

References

External links

Google Earth view of Kars, Ontario

Kars Community Recreation Association
Neighbourhoods in Ottawa {{EasternOntario-geo-stub