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Leeds County is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario. The county was first surveyed in 1792 as one of the nineteen counties created by Sir John Graves Simcoe in preparation for the United Empire Loyalists to settle here. [1] The county took its name from Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds; [1] the "Leeds" of the Dukedom ...
This is a list of National Historic Sites (French: Lieux historiques nationaux) in the province of Ontario. As of July 2021, there were 274 sites designated in Ontario, [1] 39 of which are administered by Parks Canada (identified below and on the cluster pages listed below by the beaver icon ). Of all provinces and territories, Ontario has the ...
This list of historic places in the province of Ontario contains heritage sites listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places (CRHP), all of which are designated as historic places either locally, provincially, territorially, nationally, or by more than one level of government.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 November 2024. List of communities in Ontario, Canada The following is a list of unincorporated and informal communities in the province of Ontario, Canada. These communities are not independent communities, these are usually a part of a township for the district, within a county. In non-urban areas ...
historic homes and buildings from 1830 to 1915: Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung: Stratton: Rainy River District: Northwestern: First Nations: Exhibits about the culture of the Ojibway people, tours of Manitou mounds: Keith M. Boyd Museum: Russell: Prescott and Russell: Eastern: Local history: operated by the Russell Historical Society: Killarney Museum ...
The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, commonly known as Leeds and Grenville, is a county and census division in Ontario, Canada, in the Eastern Ontario subregion of Southern Ontario. It fronts on the St. Lawrence River and the international boundary between Canada and the United States , opposite of the State of New York .
Merrickville–Wolford is a village-status municipality in Eastern Ontario, Canada, located in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville. It spans both shores of the Rideau River . The current municipality was incorporated on January 1, 1998, by amalgamating the former village of Merrickville with the former township of Wolford.
Spencerville is a historical village with many old houses, churches, farms, cemeteries, and other buildings dating back to the 1800s. The most notable old structure is the Spencerville Mill, a stone gristmill on the site of the Spencer family's original mill. The village is known for its annual fair held every September called the Spencerville ...