101 Steve Fonyo, Vankleek Hill, ON, K0B 1R0
Business Hours: 9-5 Monday to Friday
Phone Number: 613-678-5888
Golf :
| Visit the friendly vendors
at the Vankleek Hill Farmers Market every
Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. |
| July to August. Info:
613-678-2323.
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| From June to August. Info:
1-800-667-6307, ext. 8107 |
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1431 Lansdowne St, Hawkesbury
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850 McGill Street, Hawkesbury
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Livestock shows, midway, exhibition
hall, entertainment, booths, horse draw, tractor
pull. Seniors Day on Friday. Demo Derby Saturday
night. Lots of fun for the whole family at the
fairgrounds. The noon-day meals offered by the
members of Prescott District Women's Institute are a
tradition not to be missed. Information: Evelyn
Bernique at 613-678-3760.
| September 10, 2011,
L'Orignal. Info: 613-675-2218.
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| September 20 to 24,
2011, East Hawkesbury. Info:
613-675-2929.
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| September 30,
October 1, 2, 2011, Vankleek Hill.
Info: 613-678-2799. |
History
The
Seigniory of L'Orignal (later renamed the Seigniory of
Longueuil), was granted by the Company of New France to
Françoise Prévost in 1674. Together with La Salle's
Cataraqui (Kingston), it was
one of only two seigniories that was
granted by the King
of France as part of New France in what is now
Ontario. As part of New France, the area was ceded
to
Great Britain in 1763. The seigneury was assigned to
Upper Canada (Ontario) during the creation of Upper
Canada and
Lower Canada (Quebec) in 1796.
230,000 acres (930 km2) of seignory land
was purchased by Nathan Treadwell of
Plattsburgh, New York, in 1798. The
property was
confiscated by government during the War of 1812 and
returned to his son in 1823. The Village of L'Orignal
was chosen as the district town for the
Ottawa District in 1816. The Ottawa District
Courthouse was built in L'Orignal
in 1825 and is still
in use. L'Orignal Parish was established in 1846 as the
first Catholic parish in Prescott County.
The Village was incorporated in 1876 and was
amalgamated into Champlain Township as one of four wards
in 1997.
It is now the
county seat for
Prescott and Russell United Counties. As of the
census of 2001, the population of the
former Village of
L'Orignal was 2,033.
