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Perth is a Town in eastern Ontario , Canada (pop. 6,003 in 2001 ). It is located on the Tay River , 83 km southwest of Ottawa , and is the seat of Lanark County . The town was established as a military settlement in 1816 , shortly after the War Of 1812 . Many of the first settlers were military veterans on Half Pay ,others were immigrants from Scotland or Ireland .Many of the Scottish immigrants were Stonemason s; their work can be seen in many area buildings and in the locks of the Rideau Canal . Near the town is the home of world Show Jumping champion Ian Millar and Millar Brooke Farm where his great horse Big Ben (1976-1999) is buried. The town has erected a bronze life-sized statue of the horse and Ian Millar, across from the Code's Mill building. This town was the site of the last fatal Duel in the province. Robert Lyon , a law student, was killed on June 13 1833 after an argument with a former friend, John Wilson. Perth is also the site of the first installation of a telephone other than Bell's experimental installations, a town dentist, Dr. J. F. Kennedy and friend of Alexander Graham Bell installed a direct telephone connection between his home and office. By 1887, there were 19 telephones in Perth, with a switchboard in Dr. Kennedy's office. An interesting feature of the downtown core is the Crystal Palace, constructed from the remnants of the glass street enclosures that used to be on Rideau Street in nearby Ottawa. This building on the Tay Basin is the location of the very popular Perth Farmers' Market . The heritage downtown core of today's Perth now boasts of over 80 unique stores, boutiques, specialty shops and restaurants, including crafts, antiques and flea market, and summer Farmers' Market for the visitor looking for alternatives to the big city shopping malls. Most of these operate out of the century old stone buildings in town. The drugstore on Foster Street in the downtown core (now called Perth Pharmasave, formerly Girdwood's Drug Store) is the olderst continually operating pharmacy in Canada. PDF versions of the visitors guide is available for printing at: Your Quick Guide to the Merchants of Downtown Perth such as Valley Book Shop , GIS Map of Perth According to the 2001 Statistics Canada Census:
SEE ALSO Perth, Scotland EXTERNAL LINKS
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