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Lanark Highlands RE-LOCATION GUIDE © Lanark Era Published in partnership with the Township of Lanark Highlands and Valley Heartland CFDC lanarkhighlandsbta.com Contents At home in the Highlands . 1 By the numbers… . 1 How it all works . 2 Want to dig deeper? . 2 Learning in Lanark . 3 Buying in your own backyard . 5 Artists flock to Lanark Highlands . 6 Keeping the kids busy . 7 Lanark Highlands is a hidden Programs cater to seniors . 8 gem, and we’re all proud to call Read all about it! . 9 it home. This re-location guide, Making the news . 9 completed by the LHBTA in Recreation facilities . 10 partnership with the Township of Reeling in the big one . 11 Lanark Highlands and the Valley Go take a hike . 12 Heartland Community Futures Discover a winter wonderland . 13 Make a splash in the Highlands . 13 Development Corporation, Riding the High Road . 14 is intended to showcase the Swing into a Highlands golf experience . 14 stunning landscape, efficient The thrill of hunting in the Highlands . 15 services and welcoming Why relocate here? . 15 community — all of which are Highlands perfect fit for homesteaders . 15 awaiting your arrival. Quiet lifestyle key to raising kids for local business owner . 16 — Peter McLaren, Nancy McNamee has finally made the trip back home . 17 Township of Lanark Highlands Mayor The world at your fingertips . 18 Waste not, want not . 18 Hooked up in the Highlands . 18 Joining in . 19 Emergency phone numbers . 20 Are we there yet? . 20 We’re here for you . .. 20 LHBTA 2012 Members . 21 Map of the Highlands . 25 B At home in the Highlands undergoing a lifestyle change, it involves several local Welcome . Lanark Highlands appreciates the sense businesses as sponsors in welcoming new families of historical tradition, while embracing the future . The into the community . For more information, please visit Highlands combines natural majesty with second-to-none www.welcomewagon.ca . recreation opportunities, coupled with good old country charm . Ensuring quality of life is what we do here . Providing By the numbers… Lanark Highlands enjoys room to grow . Forget overcrowded a quiet escape from city life, but also able to accommodate roads and cities and experience open country with space to a growing business sector, Lanark Highlands is the best of breathe and find yourself. both worlds . The most recent population figures for Lanark Highlands This may well stem from the unique landscape in the show a population of 5,128 and a land area of Highlands . Over the years, we’ve carved our place in these 1,048 square kilometres . That translates into a population rugged and majestic surroundings . Boasting low housing density of 4 .9 peoples per square kilometre, which costs, a comfortable place where neighbours know and is a far cry from the provincial population density of support each other, safe communities, pristine lakes and 14 .1 people per square kilometre . The majority of people are wilderness and a growing demographic, the future is healthy of working age, with just under 70 per cent of the population in the Highlands . being 15 to 64 years old . Several local organizations are ready to help the transition This takes into account the village of Lanark as the main of making a home in the Highlands . settlement, followed by numerous scenic hamlets such The Lanark Highlands Business and Tourism Association is as Hopetown, Middleville, Poland, Lavant, Flower Station, a knowledgeable local resource for new business owners, Elphin, Watsons Corners and McDonalds Corners . while supporting and promoting buying local products and According to the Statistics Canada 2006 census, median services for all . For more information about the LHBTA, family income in Lanark Highlands was $52,974 . Although upcoming events in Lanark Highlands or local enterprises, please visit www.lanarkhighlandsbta.ca or call 613-259-2398 and choose option five. The LHBTA can Did you know? also be reached by mail at Lanark Highlands Business and In the spring of 2012, Lanark Highlands was Tourism Association, P .O . Box 21, Lanark, ON, K0G 1K0 . showcased in Cottage Life magazine as one of the The Welcome Wagon is a community-based service top five regions to watch for cottage ownership! that welcomes new arrivals and new business people The area was named fourth in the list, among the with information on local businesses and services . Kawarthas, Sudbury, Joe’s Island and Parry Sound . A Canadian-owned, free greeting service for people lanarkhighlandsbta.com 1 Lanark Highlands is the largest municipality in Lanark County, covering 1,048 square kilometres. of the Whole meetings and one Council meeting each month . Check the township website or the local newspapers for the specific dates each month. All such meetings are open to the public. The township offices are located at 75 George St . in Lanark Village, and can be reached by calling 613-259-2398 or 1-800-239-4695 . More information about the township and council can be accessed by visiting www.lanarkhighlands.ca . More information on the County of Lanark can be found at www.county.lanark.on.ca or by calling 613-267-4200 . The Member of Parliament (MP) for the area is Scott Reid and can be reached at 613-267-8239 or online at www.scottreid.ca . Contact the local Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP), Randy Hillier, at more recent data was collected in the 2011 census, income, 613-267-8239 or at www.randyhilliermpp.com . marital and family information from that document is not being released by Statistics Canada until fall of 2012 . The Want to dig deeper? Visit one of the local museums to find out first-hand about previous census also shows that more than 66 per cent of historical happenings in the Highlands . More information the population is married or common-law and that the large about all museums in Lanark County can be found online at majority of residents speak English only, but that some www.lanarkcountymuseums.ca . evidence exists of languages spoken other than English and French . Interesting to note, it states that the more than Lanark and District Museum 20 per cent of the population moved to Lanark Highlands 80 George St . in Lanark village . Open from Victoria Day from other locales in the province . weekend until Thanksgiving , 1 p .m . to 4 p .m . on weekends and holidays . Can be open other times by appointment How it all works Admission: family $5, adults $4 and seniors $2 . Lanark Highlands is governed municipally by the Township Contact: 613-259-2572 of Lanark Highlands, which is part of the County of Lanark . or email lanarkanddistrictmuseum@gmail .com The township is the largest municipality in Lanark County, for more information . covering 1,048 square kilometres, which accounts for 35 per cent of the entire county . Bordered by Renfrew County Dalhousie Historic Library and Museum to the north and Frontenac County to the west, Lanark 1132, 3rd Concession Dalhousie at Watsons Corners . Highlands is easily accessible by the county road system Established in 1828, it has the distinction of being the first and is just 20-minutes from Perth . rural library in Ontario! Housed in the Watsons Corners The Township of Lanark Highlands is overseen by a mayor, community hall, it is now a museum . deputy mayor and five councillors. There are two Committee Contact: 613-259-5454 or 613-259-5223 . 2 Middleville and District Museum Archives Lanark 2130 Concession Rd . 6D Lanark, in the village of 1920 Concession 7 Rd ., Drummond Centre . An Middleville . Set in an 1861 two-storey stone school, it independent, non-profit organization dedicated to aiding showcases historical pieces such as a dugout canoe made in researching family roots and learning more about the of a single basswood log or a horse-drawn hearse . Hours: people who pioneered Lanark County . Documentation in Victoria Day weekend to Thanksgiving weekend, weekends many forms archived here, including historical land records and holiday from 1 p .m . to 4 p .m ., otherwise by appointment . of the county, and used by local historians, genealogists, Admission: $5 per person, children 12 and under free . families, church groups and students . Find out more at Contact: 613-259-5462 www.globalgenealogy.com/archiveslanark . or email maborrowman@gmail .com . Keep up to date with Middleville and District Museum by visiting its blog at www.middlevillemuseum.blogspot.ca . Maple Grove School Learning in Lanark Education is an important component of living in Lanark Highlands. Whether children are heading off to school for the first time or pursuing higher education at Algonquin College in nearby Perth, there are many opportunities to learn in Lanark . There are two school boards that service Lanark Highlands, the Upper Canada District School Board and the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario . lanarkhighlandsbta.com 3 Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School The UCDSB operates two schools in the Lanark T .R . Leger offers young and mature learners the Highlands area . Maple Grove School is located at opportunity to earn a high school diploma, prepare for the 151 George St . in Lanark and can be contacted by calling job market and various occupations, prepare for post- 613-259-2777 . UCDSB secondary school students from secondary studies and participate in apprenticeship Lanark Highlands typically attend Perth and District programs . This unique education centre is offered Collegiate Institute . PDCI is located at 13 Victoria St . in Perth; through the UCDSB . The closest campus is in Perth, 613-267-3051. The main office of the UCDSB is located located at 10 Sunset Blvd . and reachable by telephone at in Brockville . Call 1-800-267-7131 for more information or 613-267-4825 . The administrative centre for T .R .