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History of Pembroke, Ontario (ON) |
The first European settler in the area was Peter White, a veteran of the
Royal Navy. He homesteaded at what is now Pembroke in 1828, and other settlers
followed, attracted by the lumbering operations that were growing in the area.
A number of smaller settlements in the area were grouped together as a
police village and renamed Pembroke in 1856. The town was named after Sidney
Herbert, First Admiralty Secretary from 1841 to 1845 and son of the Earl of
Pembroke.
Pembroke was incorporated as a town in 1878 and as a city in 1971. It was
named seat for Renfrew County in 1866, the same year the County Courthouse was
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