First settled in the early 1830s during the construction of the Rideau Canal, the bustling village of Long Island would, by the mid-1800s, boast multiple streets, churches, general stores and hotels — and its own post office.

Once located near today’s Long Island Locks, Andrew King was perplexed to find nothing now remaining but grassy empty fields and the crumbling ruin of an old farmhouse, and no surviving signs of the once thriving community.

Curious as to how all traces of this “ghost village” north of present-day Manotick could simply disappear, Andrew proceeded to try to track down clues of “The Vanished Village of Long Island”:

ottawarewind.com/2017/11/19/the-vanished-village-of-long-island/

Andrew King is an Ottawa artist and historian and author of the Ottawa Rewind blog.