The swamp was partially drained in the early 1880s by the Canada Atlantic Railway Company to make land usable for pastures.

However, the area was impoverished, largely due to low crop yields as a result of poor soil quality.

[4] The poor quality gleyed melanic brunisol soil, in combination with inflated land prices due to its proximity to Ottawa as well as its railway connections to New York and Montreal, resulted in the impoverishment of most of Piperville’s population.

[7][8] The local bus was destroyed in 2015 when it blew up on its morning route down Piperville road while picking up passengers at Ludger Landry park.

[9] In 2017, the community centre was abandoned as a result of excessive costs related to environmental soil contamination, including a former on-site underground storage tank (UST) and suspected unknown fill material, and the outdoor ice rink was demolished.

[11] In 2021, development began on a state-of-the-art soccer facility at the Maple Leaf Almrausch German Club on Farmers Way.