Combermere, Ontario
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Combermere is a village located along the Madawaska River
in south-eastern Ontario
, Canada
. It is part of Township of Madawaska Valley
.
Combermere is best known as home to Madonna House
, but the community hosts a farmer's market and also provides access to numerous lakes and rivers for cottagers and tourists who visit the area.
Extensive damage resulted when a tornado
moved through the area during the evening hours of August 2, 2006. Trailers, roofs and cottages sustained heavy damages from the tornado (a strength of F2 according to Environment Canada). Acres of land were flattened and groves of century-old pines were destroyed. No lives were lost in the community.
Madawaska River (Ontario)
The Madawaska River is a river in Ontario, Canada. The river is long and drains an area of . It originates at Source Lake in the highlands of Algonquin Park at an elevation of and flows east, dropping before emptying into the Ottawa River at Arnprior....
in south-eastern Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It is part of Township of Madawaska Valley
Madawaska Valley, Ontario
Madawaska Valley is a township in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. It was formed on January 1, 2001, through the amalgamation of the village of Barry's Bay and the townships of Radcliffe and Sherwood Jones & Burns....
.
Combermere is best known as home to Madonna House
Madonna House Apostolate
The Madonna House Apostolate is a Catholic Christian community of lay men, women, and priests dedicated to loving and serving Jesus Christ in all aspects of everyday life. It was founded in 1947 by Catherine Doherty in Combermere, Ontario and has established missionary field houses...
, but the community hosts a farmer's market and also provides access to numerous lakes and rivers for cottagers and tourists who visit the area.
Extensive damage resulted when a tornado
Tornado
A tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as a twister or a cyclone, although the word cyclone is used in meteorology in a wider...
moved through the area during the evening hours of August 2, 2006. Trailers, roofs and cottages sustained heavy damages from the tornado (a strength of F2 according to Environment Canada). Acres of land were flattened and groves of century-old pines were destroyed. No lives were lost in the community.
Noted Inhabitants
- John Wesley DafoeJohn Wesley DafoeJohn Wesley Dafoe was a Canadian journalist and Liberal. From 1901 to 1944 he was the editor of the Manitoba Free Press, later named the Winnipeg Free Press. He also wrote several books, including a biography of Wilfrid Laurier. Dafoe was one of the country's most influential and powerful...
- Founder of the Winnipeg Free Press - Catherine DohertyCatherine DohertyEkaterina Fyodorovna Kolyschkine Doherty, better known as Catherine Doherty, CM, Servant of God was a social activist and foundress of the Madonna House Apostolate...
- Founder of Friendship HouseFriendship HouseFriendship House is a missionary movement founded in the early 1930s by Catholic social justice activist Catherine de Hueck Doherty, one of the leading proponents of interracial justice in pre-Martin Luther King, Jr...
in HarlemHarlemHarlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...
and the Madonna House ApostolateMadonna House ApostolateThe Madonna House Apostolate is a Catholic Christian community of lay men, women, and priests dedicated to loving and serving Jesus Christ in all aspects of everyday life. It was founded in 1947 by Catherine Doherty in Combermere, Ontario and has established missionary field houses...
based in Combermere. - Eddie DohertyEddie DohertyEdward J. "Eddie" Doherty was a famed American newspaper reporter, best-selling author, Oscar-nominated screenwriter, co-founder of the Madonna House Apostolate, and later ordained a priest in the Melkite Greek Catholic Church....
- Famed American newspaper reporter, co-founder of the Madonna House ApostolateMadonna House ApostolateThe Madonna House Apostolate is a Catholic Christian community of lay men, women, and priests dedicated to loving and serving Jesus Christ in all aspects of everyday life. It was founded in 1947 by Catherine Doherty in Combermere, Ontario and has established missionary field houses...
. - Archbishop Joseph RayaJoseph RayaJoseph Raya , born in Zahlé, Lebanon, was a prominent Melkite Greek Catholic archbishop, theologian, civil rights advocate and author. He served as metropolitan of Akko, Haifa, Nazareth and All Galilee from 1968 until 1974 and was particularly known for his commitment to seeking reconciliation...
- Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop - Michael D. O'BrienMichael D. O'BrienMichael D. O'Brien is a Roman Catholic author, artist, and frequent essayist and lecturer on faith and culture, living in Combermere, Ontario, Canada. Born in Ottawa, he is self-taught, without an academic background...
- A Roman Catholic author, artist, and frequent essayist and lecturer on faith and culture.
See also
- Combermere/Kamaniskeg Lake Water AerodromeCombermere/Kamaniskeg Lake Water AerodromeCombermere/Kamaniskeg Lake Water Aerodrome, , is located west northwest of Combermere, Ontario, Canada....
- Our Lady of CombermereOur Lady of CombermereOur Lady of Combermere is a religious title given within Roman Catholicism to the Blessed Virgin, Mary, the mother of Jesus.The same name also refers to a statue of Mary erected in 1960 in the village of Combermere in Ontario, Canada.-Origin:...
- Madonna House ApostolateMadonna House ApostolateThe Madonna House Apostolate is a Catholic Christian community of lay men, women, and priests dedicated to loving and serving Jesus Christ in all aspects of everyday life. It was founded in 1947 by Catherine Doherty in Combermere, Ontario and has established missionary field houses...