Perth
A Scottish Settled Town On The Tay River With A Rare Density Of 19th Century Stone Buildings, The Perth Museum, The Tay Canal And A Long Main Street Of Boutiques, Galleries And Cafes. A Heritage Town That Looks Like A Film Set, A Short Drive From Ottawa · Perth, Ontario
Perth is a town of roughly 6,000 people on the Tay River in eastern Ontario, about 80 km south-west of Ottawa, laid out in 1816 as a military settlement and filled by Scottish and Irish families. It is known for a rare density of 19th-century stone buildings, cut from local limestone and built by stonemasons who came to work on the Rideau Canal. Gore Street and Foster Street hold the courthouse, the town hall, banks and churches, and the Perth Museum sits in the stone Matheson House of the 1840s (confirm). The Tay Canal, a short branch of the Rideau system opened in the 1830s, leads from the Tay Basin down to the Rideau (confirm), and Stewart Park beside the basin hosts summer concerts. Perth is also remembered for the last fatal duel in Upper Canada in 1833 and for a giant cheese sent to Chicago in 1893 (confirm both). Today the old streets hold galleries, bookshops, boutiques and cafes. It looks like a film set and is a short drive from Ottawa.
Perth, a stone-building town of about 6,000 people on the Tay River in eastern Ontario, about 80 km south-west of Ottawa on Highway 7; coordinates approximate, Perth, Ontario, Canada
The town and its stone streets are open all year, and walking Gore Street, the Tay Basin and Stewart Park costs nothing at any hour. The Perth Museum keeps seasonal hours, often daily or on most days from about late May to early September and by appointment or on short days in winter (confirm). Shops and galleries keep ordinary hours, often 10 to 5, shorter on Sunday and Monday outside summer. Summer concerts in Stewart Park run on set evenings (confirm the calendar). The Tay Canal is a paddling and boating route from roughly May to October. Winter is quiet with short days.