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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 ...
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 .
Site Date(s) Designated Location Description Image Adelaide Hunter Hoodless Homestead [5] [6]: 1839 (completed) 1995 Brant County: The childhood home of activist and organizer Adelaide Hunter Hoodless, educational reformer and co-founder of the Women's Institute, the National Council of Women of Canada and the Victorian Order of Nurses
1760 French map depicting Fort de Levis near Prescott, Ontario Before the arrival of Europeans to the Grenville County area, it was inhabited by the St. Lawrence Iroquois . The French began occupation of the area in the late 17th century, starting with a supply depot and fortified outpost named La Galette en route to Fort Frontenac ( Kingston ...
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History of rail transport in Leeds and Grenville United Counties (6 P) Pages in category "History of Leeds and Grenville United Counties" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
Elizabethtown-Kitley is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada, in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville.Its southern border lies along the St. Lawrence River and it extends north into many rural hamlets and villages.
Athens (2016 Population 3,013) [1] is a township in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville in Eastern Ontario, Canada.It is located approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of the St. Lawrence River, near Brockville, west of Addison, and about 90 kilometres (56 mi) south west of Ottawa.