Eastern District, Ontario

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The Eastern District was a historic district in Upper Canada which existed until 1849. It was originally created as Lunenburgh District (Lunenburg in the original proclamation) in 1788 and renamed to Eastern in 1792.

The district was originally bounded to the west by a line running north from the mouth of the Gananoque River and to the east by Lower Canada. The district town was New Johnstown, later renamed Cornwall. In 1798, the district was reorganized to consist of the counties of:

• Dundas
• Glengarry
• Ontario (abolished in 1800)
• Prescott
• Russell
• Stormont

At the same timer, the counties of:

• Carleton
• Grenville
• Leeds

were separated from this district to form the Johnstown District.

In 1816, Ottawa District was created by splitting off the counties of Prescott and Russell from this district.

In 1849, the district was replaced by the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry.

References

• Armstrong, Frederick H. Handbook of Upper Canadian Chronology. Toronto : Dundurn Press, 1985. ISBN 0-919670-92-X

 

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