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2 History of North Renfrew District Institute BsA o 9e 1 on An article on the activities of the members of the Women‘s Institute, in this section of our province, naturally takes us back to the earliest days of life in Renfrew County. From available records we learn that its history is associated with early events in Canadian History. j Over its rivers in 1613 paddled the intrepid Champlain in quest of a western sea.. On the shores of Muskrat Lake, in 1867, was found an astralobe lost by him on his voyage.. Once more, in 1615, the unbroken forests of our county saw the first misâ€" sionaries to Canada ply the waters of the Ottawa enroute to Huronia. On a promontory, overlooking this majestic stream, they stopped to rest. Two hundred years later on this very site, where toâ€"day stands the flourishing town of Anprior, landed a colourful group of Highlanders under the stern guardianship of their chief, Archibald McNab. The land of a township bordering on the Ottawa River was held in trust by him for his clansmen. He laid down hard terms for the settlers and when his sternness had grown to greedy tyranny he was forced into exile. But these rugged Scottish settlers remained, forming McNab townships, the nucleus of Renfrew County.â€" The old Opeongo Line was originally cut as a military road by Royal Engineers 4 during the war of 1812.. It ran through the woods from the Otâ€" tawa River near Renfrew to Georgian Bay, and though it must largely have returned to a state of nature, it became in later L years the first means of land entry into Renfrew County. 8 The forest wealth of the district attracted pioneer lumberâ€" men. In 1828 Peter White the original settler of the town of Pembroke, after a ten days‘ voyage by canoe from Aylmer, Quebec, felled the first trees on the present site of the county C ommmniin T707 WemnIn ts pDDDO SS ESS A‘LQJ