Local Government in Sheenboro, QC
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59 Sheen Rd, Sheenboro, J0X 2Z0
(819) 689-5022
The history of this Municipality is woven with that of the Upper Ottawa River, where First Nations’ peoples used the waterway as a highway. Later, the river and its tributaries were used in lumbering to transport logs to the downriver markets. Steamboats brought people to its shores and provisions to settlements like Fort William and Sheenboro. The beauty of the place, the sense of community and pride in Sheenboro’s heritage has created a unique and proud identity of this place that draws people to it. The poem Sheen – ‘bout Fifty Years Ago by Father Burke, based on his conversation with M. Downey, describes life circa 1850 but exemplifies the community spirit that exists today: