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In the News (Sat 12 Dec 09)

  
  Town Government Deep River Ontario
The Deep River area occupies a strategic location mid-way between Northern Ontario and the population centres of Ottawa and Montreal.
Deep River is currently nearing completion of a review of its Official Plan.
Over the last decade the Town of Deep River has endeavoured to build and renovate in such ways as to eliminate or reduce barriers so that services and programmes may be better delivered to all our residents.
www.deepriver.ca /accessibilityweb.htm   (1545 words)

  
 A Look at Deep River, Ontario, Canada
The nuclear laboratories at Chalk River and the town of Deep River were created in 1944 as a result of Winston Churchill's decision that Canada should be the site of the Commonwealth's contribution to the U.S. Manhattan Project, which produced the atomic bomb.
Although Deep River became independent of Big Brother in 1959, and although the government has gradually divested itself of its holdings in the town (the last of the government-owned houses went on sale to residents in 1984), the recreational "good life" has never abated.
Deep River is undoubtedly the smallest town in the country to support a symphony orchestra.
www.sttranslation.com /deepriver/content/cg-index.html   (3914 words)

  
 Deep River Ontario Canada
The Deep River area in eastern Ontario boasts the best of several worlds; a dynamic high technology business sector, attractive communities, convenient access to nearby population centres and unrivaled natural beauty.
The Deep River area occupies a strategic location mid-way between resource-rich northern Ontario and the population centres of Ottawa and Montreal (Eastern Ontario Map).
The district has long been identified as one of North America's leading centres for research and development in the application of nuclear technology at AECL Chalk River.
town.deepriver.on.ca   (134 words)

  
 ValleyExplore.com - Walking Trail Guide - Deep River
Deep River, for a century before this date, was a clearing and a stopover for traffic along the Ottawa River and the old Pembroke-Mattawa Road.
The log house that is located near the marina in the grounds of the Deep River Yacht and Tennis Club (100 m from the trail) is the only one preserved of the eight log houses that belonged to Indian families living on the prospective Deep River townsite.
The town of the Deep River was constructed to house the scientists and technologists who worked at the Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories 11 kilometres down river.
www.valleyexplore.com /walk/ottawa/deepriver.htm   (592 words)

  
 2005 Tasar Summer Meet, Ontario
Deep River is 200km (120 miles) from Ottawa, West/North-West on the Transcanada Hwy.
The Ottawa River is a mile wide here, with 10 miles of navigable length, it is 300 feet deep, with interesting wind conditions.
The meet would be organised and run from the (licensed) premises of the Deep River Yacht and Tennis club at the local marina.
members.shaw.ca /raspencer/events/2005/deep_river.html   (164 words)

  
 Hotels, Motels, Temporary and Short Term Accomodation around Deep River - Getting to and things to do in the Deep River ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Stonecliffe, Ontario (~38km from Deep River, ~48km from Chalk River)
Deux Rivieres, Ontario (70km from Deep River, 80km from Chalk River)
Thriftlodge Petawawa (Petawawa - 28km from Deep River, 18km from Chalk River) -
lachlan.bluehaze.com.au /chalk_river/accommodation.html   (2390 words)

  
 County of Renfrew, Municipal Profiles, Town of Deep River
Deep River is known internationally as the research home of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. and related high technology businesses.
Companies that are located elsewhere are also beginning to look at Deep River as a place to conduct research and development projects because of our available expertise, low overheads and local R and D support network.
Deep River is also known for its tremendous lifestyle and beautiful natural setting on the banks of the Ottawa River.
www.countyofrenfrew.on.ca /municipalities/deepriver.htm   (173 words)

  
 Deep River Campus
Location: Town of Deep River, Ontario, 200 km north west of Ottawa in the Ottawa Valley, close to Algonquin Park.
At the Chalk River Laboratories, there is a wide range of research in science and engineering with AECL, and in material science with NRC (National Research Council).
Deep River Campus program engages students as active participants in this research, requiring them to conduct experiments, analyze results, write a final report and give an oral presentation of their findings, under the direction of a professional scientist or engineer, and a graduate or undergraduate tutor.
www.drsa.ca /DeepRiverCampus.html   (436 words)

  
 Ontario Nature Network Member Groups
The club is centred around the communities of Deep River and Chalk River, where agricultural land ends and Shield country begins.
We lie betweent he Ottawa River and Algonquin Provincial park, in a fringe zone that suffers from intensive logging and hunting, but which features large federal preserves to the east (Atomic Energy, Base Petawawa and the Research Forest).
The Ontario Nature Network is a province-wide network of more than 140 groups that protects Ontario's nature and provides provincial leadership in parks and protected areas, land-use planning policies and conservation science.
www.ontarionature.org /network/groups_detail.php?ID=110   (205 words)

  
 one million tonnes of radioactive wastes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This "Deep River Project" is being promoted by the Department of Natural Resources Canada as a disposal solution for nearly one million tonnes of low-level radioactive wastes currently located near Port Hope, Ontario.
Residents of Deep River, Ontario would receive $8.75 million and a guarantee that 1995 employment levels would be maintained for fifteen years at AECL's Chalk River Laboratories.
Fears were raised in Deep River that a "No" vote could trigger further job cutbacks at AECL, or be interpreted as a vote of "no confidence" in nuclear power.
www.igs.net /~cmichener/ccrc/CCRChtml/wrong.html   (779 words)

  
 Nuclear Waste Threatens Ottawa River
The Deep River Disposal Project originated with a 1984 election promise from Brian Mulroney to a resident of Port Hope, Ontario, the source of the wastes.
Some AECL employees have since been laid off, but Deep River Mayor John Murphy has indicated that this is not a problem: any jobs will do.
A "flood and walk away" plan for Ontario's closed uranium mines and their tailings wastes is about to be approved.
perc.ca /PEN/1996-07-08/hendrick.html   (656 words)

  
 TransCanadaHighway.com Deep River, Ontario
In 1686, Chevalier de Royes named the 70 km stretch of the Ottawa River riviere creuse, which was translated a century later as Deep River.
The River is over 75 metres deep at its deepest point a few km downriver from the town.
This town was created in 1944 as a residence for thoe families of scientists and staff at the Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories.
www.transcanadahighway.com /Ontario/DeepRiver.htm   (154 words)

  
 sunir
Deep River is famous for having been constructed to house the employees of Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories (CRNL).
I often call Deep River "the suburb to nowhere," it being designed by architects as the model "atomic town" back when Modernism, the nuclear family and "Leave it to Beaver" were the in things.
Unfortunately, Deep River is 45 minutes from the nearest "city", Pembroke, which rings in at a paltry 14 500 people.
sunir.org /sunir   (2023 words)

  
 Natural Resources Canada News Release : 96/77
The report followed a referendum in the Town of Deep River in which 72.4 percent of the voters supported an offer to host the LLRW in exchange for a compensation package and community input into the construction and operation of the facility.
The Ontario communities where LLRW is located have long campaigned to have it removed.
The evaluation, construction and operation phases of the project should generate significant benefits in terms of employment and economic growth in Deep River and its surrounding communities, as well as in the communities where the wastes are now located.
www.nrcan.gc.ca /media/archives/newsreleases/1996/199677_e.htm   (550 words)

  
 Natural Resources Canada Press Release 98/23
Deep River, Ontario — The Government of Canada is helping high school students step into the real world of scientific research and development.
Clouthier, "and that they can also make genuine contributions to the research itself." Each summer, Deep River Science Academy engages 80 scientifically talented high school students from across Canada in ongoing research and development projects at campuses in Kelowna, British Columbia, Pinawa, Manitoba, and Deep River, Ontario.
Forty undergraduates, supervised by professional researchers, act as tutors for the high school students and as research assistants for participating scientists at the research laboratories.
www.nrcan.gc.ca /media/archives/newsreleases/1998/199823_e.htm   (356 words)

  
 Deep River Players - Deep River, Ontario, Canada
Over the next forty years the Deep River Players brought over 200 plays, workshops, pub nights, and readings to the town of Deep River, Ontario.
The other huts were cannibalized to make repairs, the building was sheathed in asbestos shingles, and Hill House was handed over, one wing to the Woodworking club, the front section to the Scouts, and the other wing to the Deep River Players and the Choral Society.
Please enjoy the following brief sampling of photos spanning the first four decades of the Deep River Players, as preserved in the club's archive book (note: photos from the "new" generation of Deep River Players' productions can be found linked to the list of past productions).
www.deepriverplayers.ca /history.html   (1180 words)

  
 Deep River Ontario Investment Brokers.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Deep River Ontario Investment Brokers - (Global Investors Forum).
Deep River Ontario Investment Brokers, - The wind power industry is the worlds fastest growing energy provider and that sounds like a great place to invest your extra cash!
In some cases, Deep River Ontario Investment Brokers - the most convenient way for Americans to support wind power development is by participating in green power programs.
www.eastcoastwind.com /messages/56.html   (382 words)

  
 Generic Deep River, Ontario and area weblinks as well as Ontario drivers licences, car dealerships, driving cars in the ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Generic Deep River, Ontario and area weblinks as well as Ontario drivers licences, car dealerships, driving cars in the Canadian Winter, Snow Plowing in Deep River, etc - Getting to and things to do in the Deep River ("The Paris of the Woods" / "Paris du bois" / "Bumcrack Nowhere"), Upper Ottawa Valley.
As for the employees of the small paint dealer on Cavendish, either they have moved to Ontario by now or they are still waiting for the inspectors to show up with a warrant for their arrest, four years later.
Dion pushed for the Ontario government to force the city to be officially bilingual, and it refused, saying it would leave city services to elected city councillors.
lachlan.bluehaze.com.au /chalk_river/general.html   (15569 words)

  
 About the Deep River Public Library
The mission of the Deep River Public Library is to provide the residents of Deep River and surrounding area with access to the resources of information that they find relevant to the changes, choices and decisions of their lives.
The Library strives to meet the cultural, informational, educational and recreational needs of the community by providing access to an organized collection incorporating both print and non-print materials.
Membership at the W.B. Lewis Public Library is free to all residents of the following locations: Deep River, Laurentian Hills, and the Township of Head, Clara and Maria.
www.deepriverlibrary.ca /about.html   (520 words)

  
 Rotten Tomatoes Forums - Deep River, Ontario: Almost the Perfect Place to Live
These words on Deep River may well reflect Diane's feelings toward her hometown.
To me there is something linked to Deep River in MD, maybe Diane's real car accident, maybe something else...
I think that Diane has been involved into a real car accident in the past, and I was wondering if it could have happened at Deep River, at some place linked to the name Baxter: Baxter road, Baxter hospital...
www.rottentomatoes.com /vine/showthread.php?t=342577   (531 words)

  
 George Craig Laurence Biography
P.E.I., died in Deep River, Ontario on 7 November, 1987 in his eighty-third year.
He was the first person in the world, after the discovery of nuclear fission in January 1939, to induce fission by neutrons in a very large quantity of uranium surrounded by carbon, to investigate the possibility that the fission chain reaction needed for a useful release of nuclear energy could be produced with these materials.
This was the origin of the Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories.
www15.pair.com /buchanan/laurence/georgbio.htm   (1734 words)

  
 Ryan's Campsite & Gifts (360 Degree Virtual Tour) Deep River, Ontario
Ryan's has so many things to offer the camper, from our nature trails, to having a place for the children to play, to modern conveniences.
Watch the ducks and their families swim in the clear water at the beach.
Ryan's Campsite is a family campground set beneath towering pines on the scenic Ottawa River, 2000 ft. beach, modern facilities, electric and water hook-ups, laundromat, playground, motor-boat and canoe rentals, great fishing.
www.c360.ca /ryanscampsite   (192 words)

  
 Some Wildflowers around Deep River, Ontario - 10th July 2004 - Deep River, Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada and surrounds ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Some Wildflowers around Deep River, Ontario - 10th July 2004 - Deep River, Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada and surrounds - 2004 - part of Lachlan Cranswick's Personal Homepage
Deep River, Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada and surrounds
Some Wildflowers around Deep River, Ontario - 10th July 2004
lachlan.bluehaze.com.au /chalk_river/2004/july2004/10jul2004   (349 words)

  
 Deep River Free Methodist Church, Deep River, Ontario, Canada - Index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Deep River Free Methodist Church, Deep River, Ontario, Canada - Index
We want you to know that the God who created all earth and heaven knows you personally and He loves you.
Welcome To Deep River Free Methodist Church, Deep River, Ontario, Canada
www.magma.ca /~dbabcock   (94 words)

  
 ICQ.com - Search Results
34465 Highway 17, RR #1 Deep River, Ontario, K0J 1P0 (613) 584-3114 ph.
northeastern Ontario bush, Deep River has been the subject of media...
This is an information list (primarily for announcements) related to Deep...
www.icq.com /search/welcome_results.php?q=related:http://town.deepriver.on.ca   (102 words)

  
 Welcome to
The Town is nestled between Algonquin Park and the Ottawa River, providing easy access for snowmobiling, boating, camping, cross-country skiing, fishing, hiking, canoeing and much, much more.
We have excellent accommodations, reasonable real estate properties, three subdivisions, swimming and recreation programs, a number of parks with outdoor rinks and municipal services in the rural areas and Village of Chalk River.
Schools, medical facilities, other recreational facilities and shopping are available close by in the neighbouring municipalities, like the Town of Deep River and the Town of Petawawa.
www.town.laurentianhills.on.ca   (118 words)

  
 Hugh Jarvis - Picture of Deep River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
That's the Ottawa River, seen from Centennial Rock on the waterfront of Deep River, Ontario.
Deep River (46°6'N 77°30'W, NTS Map 031K04) is a town of about 4,500, located on the border of Ontario and Quebec, and half way between Ottawa and North Bay.
And if you want to learn more about my hometown, here's a link to their website...
www.acsu.buffalo.edu /~hjarvis/deepriver.html   (89 words)

  
 Valley Ventures for outfitting, accommodations and canoe trips near Deep River, Ontario, Canada
From the west (North Bay), we are on the South side of Highway 17 about 14 kilometers east of Rolphton or the turn to Swisha (Rapides des Joachims).
From the east (Pembroke), we are located on the west edge of Deep River about 3 kilometers west of the Canadian Tire Store.
View the MAP for suggested access and egress points for drive in shuttles to the Dumoine, Noire, Coulonge and Petawawa Rivers.
www.valleyvent.ca   (655 words)

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