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Prescott is a town on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River in province of Ontario, Canada. The town is a part of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville . In 2021, it had a population of 4,078.
The history of Prescott, Ontario is strongly influenced by its geographic position along the Saint Lawrence River.The point at the narrowing of the river led to the persistent use of the area for military fortifications intended to gave a degree of control over the river, as well as playing a significant part in regional conflicts of the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Prescott County is known as a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1800 from a portion of Glengarry County . It was named in honour of Major General Robert Prescott , Governor of Canada at that time.
The United Counties of Prescott and Russell (French: Comtés unis de Prescott et Russell) is a county located in the Canadian province of Ontario. Its county seat is L'Orignal. [2] It is located in Eastern Ontario, in the wedge-shaped area between the Ottawa River and St. Lawrence River, approximately 55 kilometres (34 mi) east of the City of ...
Fort Wellington National Historic Site is a historic military fortification located on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River at Prescott, Ontario.The military fortification was used by the British Army, and the Canadian militia for most of the 19th century, and by the militia in the 20th century, until 1923, when the property was handed over to the Dominion Parks Commission, the ...
The Nation (La Nation in French) is a municipality in Eastern Ontario, located within Canada's National Capital Region, in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell. Formed in 1998, the municipality consists of the former townships of Caledonia, Cambridge and South Plantagenet, as well as the Village of St. Isidore.
King's Highway 16, commonly referred to as Highway 16 and historically as the Prescott Highway, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario.The highway once travelled from near Prescott to Ottawa, traversing the distance between the St. Lawrence River and the Ottawa River.
Sainte-Anne-de-Prescott (often written as Ste-Anne-de-Prescott) is a predominantly francophone town in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell, near the Québec border and Glengarry County, in Ontario Canada. It is a part of and the seat of the Municipality of East Hawkesbury.