Palmer Rapids is a very small village in Renfrew County. The largest city nearby is Barry's Bay.

Palmer Rapids is set in a beautiful part of Ontario next to the Madawaska River with many lakes around it. It best known for white water rafting. Many visitors in the summer try their hand at the famous rapids.

The busiest place year round is the local store just off the highway that goes through the village.

Palmer Rapids Grocery Store

Besides food and drinks, the store offers video rentals.

There is a post office near the store but no bank. (You can find a bank in Barry's Bay, about a fifteen-minute drive.)

Palmer Rapids is not in an extremely remote location, but it is a very quiet area. Government housing is limited to the Raglan Meadowvale Apartments, which is right across from the village grocery store.

Raglan Meadowvale Apartments

Cows in field just across from official "Palmer Rapids"
sign near store (also shows lawn beside apartments)

The area has many farms and a few churches. Below is one church that is a little further down the road from the above photo.

Lindoc Church, Palmer Rapids

About half a mile further down this highway there is a saw mill. The area is a great place to visit and especially in the fall when the colors change.

Scenic view near Palmer Rapids in early September