Manotick Community Information

Manotick is bounded by both Bankfield Road and Mitch Owens Road on the north, and the Rideau River on the south. The eastern border includes Highway 416-3rd Line – Roger Stevens – 1st Line — Phelan – Flag Station – Dozois Roads. To the west lies 3rd Line — Carsonby – McCordick Roads.

Manotick takes its name from an Ojibwa word meaning ’island in the river’. The Manotick area was first settled during the 1830s by Moss Kent Dickinson (who also named the community) and Joseph Merrill Currier for the primary purposes of logging, milling, and trading following the construction of the Rideau Canal. However, as the commercial importance of the Rideau Canal declined so did the town’s commercial significance. Today residents continue to celebrate the town’s early regard with a one day festival every June.

Community overview retrieved from http://neighbourhoodstudy.ca/manotick-north-gower/.