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In October of 1792 the old District of Lunenburg (1788-1792) was renamed the Eastern District and included the present counties of Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry, Prescott, Russell, Leeds, Grenville and Carleton. In the Act of 1798, proclaimed in 1800, the Counties of Leeds, Grenville and Carleton were separated out of the Eastern District to become the Johnstown District. In March of 1816, the counties of Prescott and Russell became the Ottawa District. As of January 1850 all Districts were abolished and the Eastern District became the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry and remain the United Counties to this day.

As of January 1998, Cornwall Township and Osnabruck Township were amalgamated into South Stormont Township; Roxborough Township, Finch Township and the Village of Finch were amalgamated into North Stormont Township.

History - Bibliography

  • As Others See Us, The Frasers and Other Scots of the Seaway Valley
    R.J. Fraser
    Beamsville Press, Beamsville, ON, 1959

  • Canada and the American Civil War: Prelude to War
    Mark Vinet
    Wadem Publishing, Belleville, 2001

  • The Central Canadians, 1600 - 1900
    Compiled by Noel M. Elliott
    The Genealogical Research Library, Toronto ON, 1994

  • The French Canadians
    Compiled by Noel M. Elliott
    The Genealogical Research Library, Toronto, ON, 1992

  • From Royal Township to Industrial City, Cornwall 1784 - 1984
    Elinor Kyte Senior
    Mika Publishing Company, Belleville ON, 1983

  • Heritage Highlights of Cornwall Township
    St. Andrew's Historical Society Bicentennial Committee, 1984

  • History of the Settlement of Upper Canada
    William Caniff
    Dudley & Burns, 1869
    Also: Facsimile edition, Mika, Belleville, ON, 1971

  • Index of Names in Lunenburgh or the Old Eastern District
    Compiled By Lyall Manson
    SD&G Historical Society, Cornwall, ON, 1975

  • Joyful is Our Praise - Trinity (Bishop Strachan Memorial) Church, 1784-1984 William J. Patterson
    Brown & Martin, Kingston, ON, 1984

  • The King’s Royal Regiment of New York
    Ernest A. Cruickshank
    Ontario Historical Society Records and Papers, Vol. XXVII, 1931
    Reprinted with appendices, illustrations, maps and index by Gavin K. Watts
    UEL Association, St. Lawrence Branch, Morrisburg, ON, 1984

  • The Loyalists in Ontario, Being the Sons and Daughters of the American Loyalists of Upper Canada
    William D. Reid
    Rose Publishing, Toronto, ON, 1884
    Facsimile edition: Hunterdon House, Lambertville, NJ

  • Lunenburgh or the Old Eastern District
     Jacob Farrand Pringle
    Standard Printing, Cornwall, ON, 1890
    Facsimile edition: Mika, Belleville, ON, 1972

  • People of Ontario, 1600-1900
    Editor, Noel M. Elliott
    Genealogical Research Library, London, ON

  • Rolls of the Provincial (Loyalist) Corps, Canadian Command American Revolutionary Period
    Mary Beacock Fryer and Lt. Col. William A. Smy, C.D.
    Dundurn Press, Toronto, ON, 1981

  • Roxborough Township, Stormont County Assessment Roll, 1856
    Upper Canada Village, 1995

  • Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry, 1945-1978
    Clive & Frances Marin
    Mika, Belleville, ON, 1982

  • Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, A History
    John Graham Harkness, K.C.
    Mundy-Goodfellow Printing Co. Limited, Oshawa ON, 1946

  • The Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Highlanders, 1783-1951
    William Boss
    Runge Press, Ottawa, ON, 1952

  • Up the Glens - Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Highlanders, 1783-1994
    Wm. Boss & Wm. J. Patterson
    The Old Book Store, Cornwall, ON, 1995

  • Upper Canada Sons and Daughters of United Empire Loyalists, Vol. 1
    Mildred R. Livingstone
    Brown & Martin, Kingston, ON, 1981

  • Data on Existing Cemeteries in the United Counties of Dundas and Stormont affected by the St. Lawrence Power Project, with corrections and additions by Lyall and Margaret Manson
    Lyall and Margaret Manson
    St. Lawrence Branch UELAC, Box 607, Morrisburg, ON K0C 1X0, 2007

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History - Online

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History - Online - First Nations

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History - Organizations

  • Lost Villages Historical Society
    P.O. Box 306
    Ingleside, ON
    K0C 1M0

    Collecting, preserving and displaying the heritage of the lost villages of Mille Roches, Moulinette, Wales, Dickinson's Landing, Farran's Point, and Aultsville; the hamlets of Maple Grove, Santa Cruz and Woodlands; and the farming community of Sheik's/Sheek's Island

  • Lost Villages Museum
    (East of Long Sault)
    Tel: 613-534-2197
    E-mail: t3022@trondata.net

    Photographs and memorabilia of the villages flooded in 1958 for the St. Lawrence Seaway; housed in an original log house.

  • Raisin River Heritage Centre
    (St. Andrews)
    Tel: 613-938-4748 or 1-800-937-4748

    The original building, erected in 1843 as a convent and boarding school, was burnt in 1900. The present building, constructed in 1906, became a Heritage Building in 1978 and is now the headquarters of Cornwall Township Historical Society. The Centre houses an exhibit and artifacts depicting life during the turn of the century.

  • The Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Historical Society
    P.O. Box 773
    Cornwall, Ontario K6H 5T5
    Tel: 613-936-0842
    Fax: 613-936-0798
    Email: ian10@bellnet.ca

    The archives of the Society, a collection of over 4,500 photos and thousands of documents and books, are available at the Cornwall Community Museum

  • Heritage Cornwall (Cornwall LACAC)
    (Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee)
    E-mail: lacac@cnwl.igs.net
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Current - Organizations

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Thanks to contributors: Lyall Manson, William Lasalle, Bonnie Surprenant, Elaine Brown, Larry McDonald

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