hi ,is there anyone out there in the cornwall region....wanting to know about the town,facilities and how accessible ottawa is from there..............cheers.

Stepnek is / was there. I get the impression the job situation isnt great, which is sort of putting him off the place.

I'm not familiar with Cornwall as a city but access to Ottawa is a doddle.

You're looking at 90 minutes tops, on good roads with few trucks.

I live in Ottawa but have to go to Corntown about once a month for work reasons. It has a population of about 50K, about 40% french, 60% english speaking. Few ethnic minorities. A high proportion of teenage moms in the downtown area with the associated track pant ensemble.

The City suffered with Domtar closing, but seems to be rebounding slowly but surely. The land that time forgot about (northern New York state) is just a few minutes away via the international bridge.

The nicest housing areas seem to be west of Domtar, near 4th/McConnell and along the river east of Cornwall. If you want a nice community on the river, try South Lancaster 20 km east of Cornwall and next to the 401.

From Cornwall to the east edge of Ottawa should take about 50 -60 minutes, weather permitting. You shouldn't have any traffic problems.

Hope that helps

An important point to know about about northern New York state is that, in the Adirondacks, money breaks.

What?

Glad it wasnt just me

Oh dear. Have you all forgotten your first visit to the Adirondacks?

Yup I live in Cornwall and it's okay. I've kind of learnt to love it even though I spent the first few months of being here wishing that I wasn't but that may have been also to do with being homesick for England.

It's actually not a bad place being an hour away from Montreal/Ottawa and right next to the US border along side the St. Lawrence Seaway. A self contained city with a population of 46,000 that has all the usual facilities that mean we don't actually have to leave here to shop but it doesn't have any very large shopping malls that would be found in Ottawa or Montreal.

When the Domtar paper mill was still open the east side of the city was afflicted by a terrible stench but thankfully that's no more and because the plant actually went though a drawn out process of reducing it's employees when it finally shut down there were just 300 left. It no doubt was bad news for the people that lost their jobs but the writing had been on the wall for quite some time and I think the general opinion here is that it hasn't been too bad for the city at all. I don't really go along with the comment that it has struggled since the closure.

In fact there seem to be more job openings here than there used to be and things seem to be on the up although I still see it as an employers market so wages are not all that great. I think it has the potential to be a commuter town for Montreal and Ottawa because housing is so cheap here and getting so expensive there. There are definitely some areas that are not so nice but a lot that are.

With industry not as strong as it was tourism should be a focus for Cornwall as it's a great hub for the surrounding areas and a large water front. As I say I've learnt to appreciate it more and it's an inexpensive area to live in.

I've got a poor quality clip of Cornwall on Youtube that shows the river.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSClxEy_3Cw

hi thanks everyone for the info.....i have asked on this website about several area's having lived in london ontario in 2004/5 before returning back to new zealand....we plan to come back to canada permanently this july but are finding that all towns/cities thought about have issue's....work is not our issue....quality of living with decent infrastructure/schooling/recreational facilities are...........is there a town/city out there that fits ?????????

Isn't that the battle for everyone? How is anybody going to be able to answer that for you? Only you know yourselves and your likes and dislikes. How can anyone possibly say to you "this is the place to be" simply because it is for them?

Lots of them, how much did you want to spend?

hi...you are right,when we lived in london in 2004 we travelled alot but nowhere stood out with any 'wow' factor.....we have considrered / are considering peterborough,barrie,cornwall,outskirts ottawa,windsor..........just wondering if there are any recommendations for other area's....we are coming over for the summer and if we find somewhere will stay,if not we will return to christchurch NZ.........

Brockville area is nice. It's an hour from Ottawa and 45 minutes from Kingston and it's right on the water. Population of about 25,000 at the moment. I grew up there (I'm Canadian).

If you're looking for a bigger city Kingston is nice too.

hi comet....thanks for the info but brockville sounds a bit small....been to kingston,but unfortunately we didn't like it.....guess we are looking for a town or city of 75,000 + to give the kids enough in the way of recreational facilities...son is 9 and a keen sailor,club swimmer,club rugby player etc etc...typical 9 year old boy,so need things to do for the kids..........cheers