The Nation is a municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 in eastern Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, located within Canada's National Capital Region

National Capital Region (Canada)

The National Capital Region, also referred to as Canada's Capital Region, is an official federal designation for the Canadian capital of Ottawa, Ontario, the neighbouring city of Gatineau, Quebec, and surrounding urban and rural communities....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell.The municipality consists of the former geographic townships of Caledonia, Cambridge and South Plantagenet.

Cross by the South Nation River

South Nation River

The South Nation River is a river in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It springs from forests and marshes located north of Brockville and it flows 175 km northeast to empty into the Ottawa River north of Plantagenet...

 that connect Larose Forest and Alfred Bog. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources has been designated the Alfred Bog "a provincially significant wetland and an area of natural and scientific interest. Species of interest include the Palm Warbler

Palm Warbler

The Palm Warbler, Dendroica palmarum, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.The species comprises two distinct subspecies that may merit specific status....

, Northern Pitcher-plant, Pink Lady's-slipper, cottongrass, Bog Elfin and Bog Copper butterflies, and Ebony Boghaunter dragonfly. It also hosts one of the most southerly herds of moose

Moose

The moose or Eurasian elk is the largest extant species in the deer family. Moose are distinguished by the palmate antlers of the males; other members of the family have antlers with a dendritic configuration...

. The bog is open to the public with a 272 metre boardwalk for nature walks.

Communities

The township comprises the communities of Benoit, Bradley Creek, Caledonia Springs

Caledonia Springs, Ontario

Caledonia Springs is a community in the northwest of the municipality of The Nation, Prescott and Russell United Counties in eastern Ontario, Canada. It is part of the National Capital Region and is in the geographic county of Caledonia....

, Fenaghvale, Forest Park, Fournier, Franklins Corners, Gagnon, Johnsons Ferry, Lalonde, Limoges

Limoges, Ontario

Limoges, Ontario is a small community in The United Counties of Prescott and Russell approximately 35 kilometers east of Ottawa. Most of the community is located in the township of The Nation, although some small areas of it are located in the township of Russell.Limoges is north of Exit 79 on...

, Longtinville, Martels Corners, Mayerville, Parkers Corners, Proulx, Riceville, Routhier, Sandown, Skye, St. Albert

St. Albert, Ontario

St. Albert is a small town in The Nation Township in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It is located on the South Nation River, about five minutes away from Casselman and about 15 minutes away from the town of Embrun....

, St. Amour, St. Bernardin, Ste-Rose-de-Prescott, St. Isidore

St. Isidore, Ontario

St. Isidore is a community in The Nation Municipality in Prescott and Russell County in Ontario, Canada....

 and Velfranc.

The ghost town

Ghost town

A ghost town is an abandoned town or city. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters...

 of Lemieux

Lemieux, Ontario

Lemieux is a ghost town in the Canadian province of Ontario, which was located on the shore of the South Nation River in the Prescott and Russell County township of South Plantagenet...

, found south of Bourget

Bourget, Ontario

Bourget is a village in eastern Ontario, Canada, near the Cobbs Lake Creek, in the city of Clarence-Rockland in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell.It was named after Ignace Bourget, who was bishop of Montréal from 1841 to 1876....

 on Highway 138

Highway 138 (Ontario)

King's Highway 138, commonly referred to as Highway 138, is a provincially maintained highway in eastern Ontario. It extends from the former Highway 2 in Cornwall, north to Highway 417 east of Casselman. Highway 138 provides access to the Seaway International Bridge, connecting Cornwall...

, is also located within the municipality.

Demographics

According to the 2006 Statistics Canada

Statistics Canada

Statistics Canada is the Canadian federal government agency commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture. Its headquarters is in Ottawa....

 Census:

• Population: 10,643
• % Change (2001–2006): 0.4
• Dwellings: 3,893
• Area (km²): 657.32
• Density (persons per km²): 16.2

Mother tongue:

• French as first language: 70 %
• English as first language: 25 %
• English and French as first language: 2 %
• Other as first language: 3 %

See also

• Transit Eastern Ontario
  Transit Eastern Ontario
  Transit Eastern Ontario is a commuter bus service which operates from communities along the Highway 417 corridor, east of Ottawa in Eastern Ontario, Canada...
  
   operated under the authority of The North Glengarry Prescott Russell (NGPR) Transport Board

External links

• Municipality of The Nation