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Pembroke, Ontario

Pembroke (2003 population 14,700) is a city on the Ottawa River in the Ottawa Valley[?] in eastern Ontario, Canada.

Forestry has historically been the major industry in the area, but the nearby military base at Petawawa[?] and nuclear power development at Deep River[?] have diversified the local economy.

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