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It lies on the South shore of the Ottawa River about halfway between downtown Ottawa and downtown Montreal. A bridge links it to Quebec, to the North.
Hawkesbury is touted as the third most bilingual town in Ontario, with about 69.6% of its inhabitants being fluent in English and French, the two official languages of Canada. ( West Nipissing is first with 73.4% followed by Hearst at 71%)
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