Greater Napanee

Napanee is a town in eastern Ontario, Canada, with a population of 15 511 inhabitants ( 2011). The official name of the city is " Greater Napanee ." Napanee is located between two major cities: Napanee is located about 35 km east of Belleville and 35 km west of Kingston.

History

The city was founded in the late 18th century by British loyalists and joined only in 1854 in Canada. Sir John Macdonald, the first Prime Minister of Canada, worked as a lawyer in Napanee. The singer Avril Lavigne grew up here and here also began her musical career at.

Population Development

In 2001, the city had 15,132 inhabitants. In 2006, the number rose by 1.8% to 15,400. 94.8 % of the population speak English, only 1.8 % French as their first language call. The remaining 3.4% indicate that neither English nor French is their first language.

Economy and infrastructure

The largest employer in the city is a factory of Goodyear. The restaurant chain Dixie Lee Fried Chicken has its headquarters in the city. In addition, many medium-sized companies have their headquarters in Napanee. Furthermore, many residents employed in the neighboring larger cities.

Shopping

In the city center there are several boutiques and restaurants where you can go shopping. Larger retail stores such as Giant Tiger, Walmart, Canadian Tire and Home Hardware located in the city.

Media

Napanee has two weekly newspapers. These include the Napanee Guide Napanee Beaver and the. Both newspapers are published every Thursday. Basically Napanee is supplied with television and radio by the larger neighboring towns of Kingston and Belleville. Since 2007 the company MBC Corporate operates a first local radio station 88.7 FM MyFM Greater Napanee and sends adult contemporary music. A local TV station is Deseronto 's CJOH - TV - sixth The city is also the major broadcasters such as, inter alia, CBC and CTV powered by satellite and cable networks.

Transport links

The Macdonald -Cartier Highway 401 begins approximately 13 km from the Detroit River on the outskirts of Windsor and connects the cities of Toronto, Trenton, Belleville, Napanee, Kingston, Cornwall up to Montreal. In addition, several country roads, through Napanee including the Country Road 2 ( highway ) with several smaller cities. The VIA Rail Canada Napanee connects several times daily to Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. The station is located at 301 John Street.

Education

Napanee has a total of eight schools, including primary and secondary schools.:

  • Sandhurst Public School
  • Westdale Park Public School
  • The Prince Charles Public School
  • H.H. Langford Public School
  • Cornerstone Christian Academy
  • JJ O'Neill Catholic School
  • Selby Public School
  • Napanee District Secondary School - ( which also has the well-known singer -songwriter Avril Lavigne attended )

Famous people

  • Alan Aylesworth Macnaughton, Senator and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons
  • Albert Schultz, actor and winner of the Gemini Awards
  • Andrew Martin, musician and multiple winner of the Covenant Award from the Gospel Music Association of Canada
  • Arthur Eyguem De Montaigne Jarvis, Flugzeugass the First World War, a founding member of the Royal Flying Corps
  • Avril Lavigne, Musician. In her song she sang about Napanee My World.
  • Edmund James Bristol, Member of Parliament ( MP)
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