Franktown Ontario Map

About Franktown, Ontario

Franktown is a compact rural community in Lanark, Ontario, Canada. It is classified as a town. Franktown is located at 45.0401°N, 76.0597°W.

Franktown rests in a gentle cradle of the Rideau River valley, where the land unfolds in broad, fertile plains interspersed with the darker, more brooding presence of mature woodlands. It lies 15.8 km north-north-west of Smiths Falls, ON (from Smiths Falls, ON: bearing 348°T), and is situated 12.7 km south-south-east of Carleton Place. The air here, particularly in the late afternoon, carries a subtle scent of damp earth and pine, a quiet perfume that speaks of the surrounding agricultural fields and the dense forests that hug the horizon. The houses, many of them old stone or weathered clapboard, seem to settle into the landscape as if they grew there, their roofs catching the low sun in hues of rust and moss. A palpable stillness often pervades Franktown, a quietude broken only by the distant drone of a tractor or the occasional call of a hawk circling lazily above the fields. The lifeblood of Franktown has long been tied to the fertile earth and the waterways that shaped its early settlement, a history etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring legacy of agriculture and the quiet industry that sustained generations. For decades, the Rideau Canal, a marvel of engineering, offered a vital artery for trade and travel, its locks and waterways a constant reminder of human endeavour against the natural flow of the land. While the grander scale of canal traffic has receded, the spirit of industriousness persists in the local farms that still yield abundant crops, their fields a patchwork quilt of greens and golds under the vast, ever-changing Ontario sky. The distinctive charm of Franktown lies in this understated resilience, a place where the past whispers through the rustling leaves and the present moves with the steady, unhurried pulse of rural life.

About This Franktown Map Page

Explore Franktown, Ontario, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 45.04013, -76.05973. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Detailed location data for Franktown includes the postal code (K7C), telephone area code (226, 249, 289, 343, 365, 382, 416, 437, 519, 548, 613, 647, 705, 742, 807, 905). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for Franktown is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.