The Nation, Ontario
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The Nation La Nation |
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| Municipality (lower-tier) | |
| The Nation Municipality Municipalité de La Nation |
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St. Isidore
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 The Nation
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| Coordinates: 45°21′N 75°02′W / 45.350°N 75.033°WCoordinates: 45°21′N 75°02′W / 45.350°N 75.033°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Ontario
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| County | Prescott and Russell |
| Incorporated | 1998 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Mayor | François St. Amour |
| • Federal riding | Glengarry—Prescott—Russell |
| • Prov. riding | Glengarry—Prescott—Russell |
| Area | |
| • Total | 658.03 km2 (254.07 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 11,668 |
| • Density | 17.7/km2 (46/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Postal code | K0A, K0B |
| Area code(s) | 613 |
| Website | www.nationmun.ca |
The Nation (La Nation in French) is a municipality in eastern Ontario, located within Canada's National Capital Region, in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell. The municipality consists of the former geographic townships of Caledonia, Cambridge and South Plantagenet.
The municipality is crossed by the South Nation River that connects Larose Forest and Alfred Bog. The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources has designated the Alfred Bog as "a provincially significant wetland and an Area of Natural and Scientific Interest." Species of interest include the palm warbler, northern pitcher-plant, pink lady's slipper, cottongrass, bog elfin and bog copper butterflies, and ebony boghaunter dragonfly. It also hosts one of the most southerly herds of moose. The bog is open to the public with a 272 metres (892 ft) boardwalk for nature walks.
The township comprises the communities of Benoit, Bradley Creek, Caledonia Springs, Fenaghvale, Forest Park, Fournier, Franklins Corners, Gagnon, Johnsons Ferry, Lalonde, Limoges, Longtinville, Martels Corners, Mayerville, Parkers Corners, Proulx, Riceville, Routhier, Sandown, Skye, St. Albert, St. Amour, St. Bernardin, Ste-Rose-de-Prescott, St. Isidore and Velfranc.
The ghost town of Lemieux, abandoned in the early-1990s, is also located within the municipality.
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