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7 unusual facts about Renfrew


History of the Montreal Canadiens

In November 1909, industrialist Ambrose O'Brien of Renfrew, Ontario, was in Montreal to purchase supplies for a railway contract.

Jim Peplinski

James Desmond Peplinski (born October 24, 1960 in Renfrew, Ontario) is a Canadian former National Hockey League (NHL) player and captain for the Calgary Flames.

Renfrew

In 2013, the Rev Lorna Hood, minister at Renfrew North Parish Church and Chaplain to The Queen, will become Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

The recorded history of the town began with the granting of land in the area to Walter fitz Alan, the High Steward of Scotland by King David I of Scotland in the 12th century.

Renfrew, Pennsylvania

The Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad runs materials to and from the AK Steel mill in Butler through Renfrew along Railroad St. Once used by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, it was at one time a thriving railway that would travel down to Pittsburgh.

Sheryl Boyle

Sheryl Boyle (born November 13, 1965 in Renfrew, Ontario) is a Canadian slalom canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s.

William James Asselstine

He was born in Renfrew, Ontario, the son of Samuel Asselstine and Jessie Wilson, and was educated in Verona and Sydenham.


1910–11 NHA season

Ottawa had picked up Cyclone Taylor from Renfrew to play in the Boston exhibition games.

23rd Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers

23rd Renfrew RV played in navy shirts, navy shorts, and red socks, and played in Muirhead Park in Cathcart.

Airspeed Ferry

The third (G-ACBT) and fourth (G-ACFB) aircraft were built for the Midland and Scottish Air Ferries Ltd and used on services from Renfrew to Campbeltown, Belfast and Speke.

Benjamin Brand

Benjamin Brand is a film screenwriter who worked as an assistant to producer Danielle Renfrew on Groove (2000), and who later wrote November (2004), which was produced by Renfrew.

Danielle Renfrew

Danielle Renfrew is a film producer who has produced films such as Groove (2000) and November (2004), both of which were directed by Greg Harrison.

Earl of Glasgow

The fourth Earl was created Baron Ross, of Hawkhead in the County of Renfrew, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, a title which became extinct on the death of the sixth Earl in 1890.

Firth of Clyde

In addition to the shipbuilding and engineering centres up river of Glasgow, Govan, Clydebank, Dumbarton and Renfrew the lower river developed major yards at Greenock, Port Glasgow and smaller ones at Irvine, Ardrossan, Troon and Campbeltown and boatyards including Hunters Quay, Port Bannatyne and Fairlie.

Gallowhill

The estate falls within the catchment areas of four secondary schools: Castlehead High, Paisley Grammar School, St Andrew's Academy in Paisley and Trinity High School in Renfrew.

Larry Gilmour

Born in Almonte, Ontario, Gilmour played for the Renfrew, Ontario Hockey Club in the Ottawa Valley Hockey League from 1898 until 1902 when he joined the Renfrew Riversides in the Upper Ottawa Valley Hockey League.

Michael John O'Brien

He became involved in ice hockey while living in Renfrew financing several ice hockey teams run by his son Ambrose O'Brien, including teams in Cobalt, Haileybury, Montreal and Renfrew, which all played in the founding season of the National Hockey Association.

Murray McBride

McBride was defeated in the 1972 election by Paul Dick of the Progressive Conservative party at the riding which became Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton.

Proto-Indo-Europeans

Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza and Alberto Piazza argue that Renfrew and Gimbutas reinforce rather than contradict each other.

Renfrew Castle

Renfrew Castle was a castle situated near junction of the River Clyde and White Cart upon the former river islet, known as the King's Inch, at Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

Renfrew Ferry

The Erskine, Whiteinch, Partick, Govan and Finnieston ferries have all stopped providing the services as bridges and tunnels replaced them, but the Renfrew Ferry, being at a point where both tunnelling and bridging are difficult, has survived.

Renfrew of the Royal Mounted

Alpha Video has released Region 0 DVDs of five of the eight Renfrew films: Fighting Mad, Crashing Thru, Yukon Flight, Murder on the Yukon and Sky Bandits.

As the film and musical Rose-Marie was well known as were singing cowboys on the silver screen, Criterion decided that Renfrew would sing.

Renfrew of the Royal Mounted was a popular series of boy's adventure books written by Laurie York Erskine that later were filmed and became a series on both radio and television.

Renfrew–Collingwood

In 1861, Colonel Richard Moody made the first modern attempt to break through the thick forests that covered the areas now known as Renfrew–Collingwood, building a military trail on the route of an ancient First Nations trail that led from New Westminster to English Bay.

The name Collingwood was likely selected by some former residents of Collingwood, Ontario.

Thomas Graham

Tommy Graham (born 1943), Scottish Member of Parliament for Renfrew West and Inverclyde


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