ARNPRIOR, Ont. — The Antrim Truck Stop has been rewarded for having some of the nicest loos in the land.

Seriously.

If you visit The Antrim, right on the corner of White Lake Road and the 417, less than an hour west of the Nation’s Capital, you’ll see a little plaque on the wall that asserts the truck stop received the Seal of Approval from an organization called The Powder Room which bills itself as a community and resource for people with overactive bladders. 

Again, seriously.

"When we got the email at first we thought it was a joke," says Gail Cameron, who runs the Antrim with her husband Jack. "Then we found out it was real and in their report they said ‘the [Ottawa luxury hotel) Chateau Laurier’s bathrooms were very clean but if you could hold it in until you got to Arnprior, ours are better.’"

The Antrim, was named one of 10 roadside stops across Canada with remarkably clean restroom facilities.

Click here and you’ll be able to see not only the best, but hundreds of other "not-so-great" candidates. (Now that’s what you call real bathroom reading.)

The Powder Room sought online input from Canadians continent-wide before announcing the top 10.

"Winners," states the official letter of recognition, "were selected based on their overall rating for: restroom accessibility, cleanliness, facilities, line-ups, location and overall décor — as well as through anecdotal comments.

"Your establishment," said the letter to the Antrim "received a five-star rating from Canadians and was selected as a provincial winner."

The Antrim Truck Stop’s claim to fame goes beyond having clean urinals in its arsenal. It’s a real Ottawa-Valley can-do story.

Opened in 1978, the Camerons have long aimed to please. They have grown their business to include a full-service garage, fuel bay, restaurant, tire-repair facility and gift shop. The Camerons also sell Western Stars, they handle Ultramar Fuel and in 2003 they assumed ownership of the 15-truck fleet Lesway Transportation.

Indeed, the organization, which also includes Antrim Contracting, is now called the Antrim Group of Companies.

In 2004, the province built a new bypass which effectively took the Antrims off the Trans Canada but the Camerons — having known that the writing was on the wall — just relocated to a roadside property that they had purchased back in 1986, re-establishing the operations back on the main truck route.

Gail Cameron also reports that she just learned some other good news, too. The province is upgrading the stretch of the 417 in front of the facility.

"We’re awfully happy, about that, too. It’ll be great for business," Cameron, flushed with excitement, told todaystrucking.com.