Barry's Bay

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Barry's Bay
Unincorporated community
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Barry's Bay visitor centre and former train station
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Barry's Bay
Coordinates: 45°29′18″N77°40′44″W / 45.48833°N 77.67889°W / 45.48833; -77.67889
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
ProvinceFlag of Ontario.svg  Ontario
County Renfrew
Township municipality Madawaska Valley
Incorporated1933
Amalgamated2001
Government
 • TypeUnincorporated
Population
 (2016)
 • Total1,259
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal code
K0J 1BO
Area codes 613, 343
Provincial highwaysOntario 60 crown.svg  Highway 60
County roads
  • RR 62 jct.svg County Road 62
  • RR 69 jct.svg County Road 69

Barry's Bay is a community in the township of Madawaska Valley, Ontario, Canada, located two hours west of Ottawa on the shores of Kamaniskeg Lake, with a 2016 population of 1,259. [1]

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History

The Algonquin people named the area Kuaenash Ne-ishing, meaning beautiful bay. They used it as a rendezvous area, often hosting pow wow gatherings. [2]

The first efforts by the authorities of the British colony of Upper Canada to survey the waterways of this area came in 1847, when mapmaker James Haslett visited the area. Haslett noted the presence of an Irish farmer named William Byers living in the area, which may have been transcribed as "Barry's", giving the name Barry's Bay on Haslett's maps. [2] Later residents developed the more colloquial back story that the first permanent structure was built in the late 1850s by a James Barry, a foreman for a lumber company, which the lumberjacks working under Barry took to calling Barry's Camp on the Bay, shortened to Barry's Bay. [2] Together, the details acknowledge the fact that the earliest settlers were loggers and farmers. [3]

By the late 1850s, the authorities of Upper Canada looked to expand colonization in this region by building the Opeongo Line, a series of roads extending westward from Renfrew. Between 1858 and 1910, the area attracted settlers of Irish and Polish descent, with the 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Wilno to Barry's Bay, in particular, receiving a number of Polish settlers. [4]

The Barry's Bay post office was established in 1876, [5] and the town was officially incorporated in 1933.

The town served as a standby base for the Canadian Military during World War II. Local workers and lumbermen were reformed into soldiers to help contribute to the war efforts of Canada.

Landmarks

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Żurakowski Park

The historic train station is home of the South of 60 Arts' Centre, host to a variety of arts and craft shows, musical events and festivals. In 2008, the town re-opened the Radcliffe Hills Ski Area for snowboarding and downhill skiing. Barry's Bay was the Central Canada finalist in the 2006 CBC Hockeyville competition.

The community dedicated a park and monument to honour the construction of the Canadian Avro CF-105 Arrow and its chief test pilot, local resident Janusz Żurakowski. The CF-105 was an advanced Canadian designed-and-built interceptor that was instrumental in the advancement of aviation technology in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Education

Barry's Bay is the site of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College (OLSWC), an accredited Catholic liberal arts post-secondary institution established in 2000. [6] As of the 2019–2020 school year, OLSWC had a student body of 110 full-time Canadian and international students. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Barry's Bay". Census Profile, 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Villeneuve Lorbetskie, Angela (1983 and 2009 material); Corrigan, Bob (2004 material). "A Short History of Barry's Bay". Barry's Bay Public Library. Archived from the original on 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
  3. ↑ "Township of Madawaska Valley". Renfrew County . 2009-02-24. Archived from the original on 2009-02-25. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  4. ↑ Blank, Joshua C. (2016). Creating Kashubia: History, Memory and Identity in Canada's First Polish Community. Montreal & Kingston: McGill–Queen's University Press. p. 3. ISBN   978-0-7735-4719-3 . Retrieved 2020-11-11– via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Hamilton, William B. (1978). The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada. p. 160. ISBN   978-0-7705-1524-9 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ "Our History". Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College . Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  7. ↑ "Quick Facts". Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College . 2019. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
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