Glengarry County, Ontario

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Glengarry County is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario.

Glengarry was created in 1792 ,of Scottish loyalists from the Mohawk Valley. The original territory of Glengarry also included Prescott County, which became a separate county in 1800.

Glengarry later merged with Stormont and Dundas to form the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry.

[edit] Historic Townships

Glengarry was originally divided east and west into Charlottenburg and Lancaster townships and then eventually divided into 4 townships. Only recently it has been divided into North and South glengarry

• Charlottenburg - now in South Glengarry Township
• Kenyon - now in North Glengarry Township
• Lancaster - now in South Glengarry Township
• Lochiel - now in North Glengarry

[edit] See also

• List of Ontario census divisions.

[edit] External links

• 1951 map of Glengarry County
• Glengarry Highland games
• Glengarry county genweb
• Glengarry county map 1879
• Glengarry County Community web site