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The village of Wilno, Ontario in Renfrew County, Ontario is the oldest Polish settlement in Canada. The people who first settled in this area in the 1800s were mainly of Kashubian origin. The town is located in the Madawaska valley.

At one time, J.R. Booth's Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound Railway ran through the town. The former train route is now a recreational path.

The village was named after Wilno, the birthplace of Reverend Ludwik Dembski, a community spiritual leader.

In 1972, Wilno came into the spotlight as the result of a report "Vampires, Dwarves, And Witches Among The Ontario Kashubs" published by the Canadian Museum of Man, now the Canadian Museum of Civilization. This report appears to have been based more on folklore than local customs.

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Topics: Wilno Ontario, Wilno Uprising, Wilno Voivodship...

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