Welcome to the Historic Town of Perth Ontario. Founded in 1816, Perth Ontario was one of three military settlements established after the War of 1812 in the Rideau Corridor. The British government wanted a trained, fighting force close at hand should the Americans attack Upper Canada again. The town's Tay Basin is the start of the Tay canal, built to interconnect Perth Ontario to the Rideau canal connecting the St. Lawrence river at Kingston Ontario, to the Ottawa River at Ottawa, Ontario (the capital city of Canada). Perth Ontario has retained much of its century old flavour in its carefully preserved downtown area. The downtown area ...  Read the complete review