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Spencerville, Ontario : ウィキペディア英語版 | Spencerville, Ontario
The village of Spencerville is a rural community located in Eastern Ontario, about 80 kilometres southwest of downtown Ottawa on Highway 416. The village lies within the amalgamated municipality of Edwardsburgh/Cardinal township, in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville. The South Nation River runs through the southern portion of the village. Spencerville is a historical village with many old houses, churches, farms, and cemeteries; most notable being the old mill. Every autumn, the Spencerville Fair is held here, which has been an annual event for over a century. The village's proximity to Ottawa has allowed the local businesses to prosper in recent years, and has led to an influx of new housing projects in the surrounding area. ==History== Peleg Spencer first built a wooden dam near the site in 1811.Peleg and David Spencer built mills on the banks of the South Nation River, which enabled the economic development of a small pioneer community. The community contained a variety of small industries by the middle of the 19th century. It was the site of an annual agricultural fair.〔 http://www.heritagefdn.on.ca/userfiles/HTML/nts_1_5872_1.html Ontario Heritage Trust Founding of Spencerville 〕 The village's best-recognized landmark is the Spencerville Mill, a restored, heritage gristmill on the South Nation River. By 1864, Robert Fairbairn had built a stone gristmill on the north side of the river and installed a steam engine to allow the mill to operate year-round. Fairburn had purchased the property from David Spencer, the father of his wife Mercy, who in turn had acquired a saw and gristmill from his father Peleg Spencer.
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