Editing Arnprior (section)

==Transportation==
Arnprior is located on the [[Trans-Canada Highway]] system, where [[Ontario Highway 417|Highway 417]] to the east becomes the two-lane [[Ontario Highway 17|Highway 17]] to the west.

[[File:Arnprior Airport.JPG|thumb|left|Arnprior Airport]]
The town is served by the [[Arnprior Airport]], elevation {{convert|355|ft|abbr=on|order=flip}}, and the nearby [[Arnprior Water Aerodrome]], elevation {{convert|330|ft|abbr=on|order=flip}}, for [[general aviation]]; although there is no longer commercial aviation at the airport. It was built for the [[British Commonwealth Air Training Plan]] and hosted [[No. 3 Training Command RCAF]] Flying Instructor School (FIS) with the Relief Landing Field located in [[Pontiac, Quebec]], near [[Quyon, Quebec]]. Post war, the facility was used by the Canadian military and a training base known as the Civil Defence College,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/cold_war/clips/1463/|title=CBC Archives|website=Archives.cbc.ca|access-date=13 October 2017}}</ref> later known as the Emergency Measures Training Centre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/prg/em/cemc/03abt_02-eng.aspx |title=Emergency Measures Training Centre |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110109065716/http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/prg/em/cemc/03abt_02-eng.aspx |archive-date=2011-01-09 }}</ref> The airport, operated by Arnprior Airport Commission, still operates with two runways for land-based aircraft and [[Arnprior Water Aerodrome]] with a dock and fuelling station for [[floatplane]]s. The airport property also houses many private hangars and a skydiving company.<ref name="arnprior.ca">{{cite web|url=http://arnprior.ca/live/transportation/airport/|title=Airport – The Town of Arnprior|website=arnprior.ca}}</ref>

Arnprior has a long history with railways. The [[Brockville and Ottawa Railway|Canada Central Railway]] reached Arnprior on December 6, 1864.<ref>[http://www.railwaybob.com/Constituents/CPRConstituents.htm Constituents of Canadian Pacific Railway in Southern Ontario] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208080852/http://www.railwaybob.com/Constituents/CPRConstituents.htm |date=2007-02-08 }}.</ref> On Easter Sunday, March 23, 1880, a change to [[Standard-gauge railway|standard gauge]] brought the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] (CPR) main line. Later the [[Canadian National Railway]] (CNR) came and, through the majority of the 20th century, Arnprior was served by both major Canadian railways. The CNR tracks were pulled up and the right-of-way is used as a walking trail. In June 2012, CPR removed its tracks throughout the county.

The town is located at the confluence of the [[Ottawa River|Ottawa]] and [[Madawaska River (Ontario)|Madawaska]] rivers. It is cut off from the lower Ottawa River and the [[Saint Lawrence Seaway]] by the [[Chats Falls|Chats rapids]], and now the [[Chats Falls#Generating station|Chats Falls Generating Station]]. Following exploration, travel and transportation was by canoe: the Ottawa River by Arnprior was a main route for the [[fur trade]].