McNab/Braeside is a

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in eastern

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, on the south shore of Chats Lake (part of the

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), straddling the lower Madawaska River in Renfrew County. The township was created on January 1, 1998, when the Village of Braeside amalgamated with McNab Township.

History

McNab township was created in 1825, comprising roughly 80,000 acres of unsettled land, covering the current Town of Arnprior and Township of McNab/Braeside. It was granted by the government ("Family Compact") to Archibald 13th Laird of McNab (1779-1860), who had fled from his debts in Scotland. He promised to settle it with Highland clansmen, and the first group of eighty-four settlers arrived the same year, 1825. McNab ruled with an iron fist over the Scottish settlers. Only after eighteen years of petitions, court battles, and appeals was his grip loosened when the government finally began issuing Crown grants to the settlers. His feudal powers removed, the Laird eventually sold his lands to the government and returned to Europe in 1852, never to return. Braeside was named in 1872 by W.J. McDonald probably for

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Communities

In addition to the main town of Braeside, the township also comprises the communities of Burnstown, Clay Bank, Clay Valley, Dewars, Glasgow Station, Goshen,

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(partially), Lundys Corners, Pine Grove, Sand Point, Stewartville, Rhoddy’s Bay, Waba and White Lake.

Mayors

* Tom Peckett (2014– ) * Mary M. Campbell (2006–2014)

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, McNab/Braeside 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.

Notable people

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(1879–1956), president of the

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mcnab Braeside, Ontario Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario Municipalities in Renfrew County Township municipalities in Ontario