Pembroke’s waterfront turns 25: 'Built by the people'

Pembroke’s waterfront turns 25: 'Built by the people'

A quarter-century after its transformation from ho hum riverfront to vibrant community “jewel of Pembroke”, the redeveloped waterfront was celebrated on Canada Day for 25 years of revitalization, recreation, and riverside pride. It was Canada Day in the year 2000, when Pembroke’s millennium project, a redevelopment of the waterfront on the Ottawa River by the marina, was unveiled to the public. Many years in the making, the waterfront, boardwalk…