North Glengarry, Ontario

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Country	Canada
North Glengarry, Ontario
Province	Ontario
County	Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
Settled	1792
Incorporated	1998
Government
- Type	Township
- Mayor	Grant Crack
- Governing Body	North Glengarry Council
Area
- Total	642.40 km² (248 sq mi)
Population (2006)^[1]
- Total	10,635
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code span	K0C
Area code(s)	613
Website: Township of North Glengarry

North Glengarry is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada, in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. It is a 69% rural area located between Ottawa-Hull, Montreal and Cornwall-Massena.

The current township of North Glengarry was created on January 1, 1998 by amalgamating the former townships of Kenyon and Lochiel with the villages of Maxville and Alexandria.

1 Communities
2 History
3 Culture
4 Sport
5 Demographics
6 External links

[edit] Communities

The township comprises the urban community of Alexandria (population 3,287) and the rural communities of Apple Hill, Athol, Baltics Corners, Breadalbane, Brodie, Dalkeith, Dominionville, Dornie, Dunvegan, Fairview, Fassifern, Fiskes Corners, Glen Robertson, Glen Sandfield, Greenfield, Guaytown, Kirkhill, Laggan, Lochiel, Lochinvar, Lorne, Maxville, McCormick, McCrimmon, Pine Grove, St. Elmo and Stewarts Glen.

The community of Skye is located on the boundary between North Glengarry and The Nation.

Alexandria is served five or six times a day by the Montreal-Ottawa VIA Rail trains which almost all stop there, in each direction.

[edit] History

The area was originally settled in 1792 as part of the historic Glengarry County. Kenyon, which was part of Charlottenburgh Township until 1798, was named for British judge and politician Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon, and Lochiel, which was part of Lancaster Township until 1818, was named for the Lochiels of Clan Cameron.

Development in the region was significantly spurred by the development of a railway link between Ottawa and Montreal in the early 1880s. Maxville, Alexandria and Glen Robertson, in particular, became key railway hubs for farmers in the area.

Maxville was first incorporated as a village separate from Kenyon Township in 1892, and Alexandria was separated from Lochiel Township in the early 1900s.

[edit] Culture

Maxville hosts the annual Glengarry Highland Games, one of North America's largest festivals of Scottish culture, in August of each year.

[edit] Sport

The Alexandria Glens of the Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League play out of the Glengarry Sports Palace (Billy Gebbie Arena) in Alexandria.

The Glens won 2007 EOJBHL Championship, defeating the Gatineau Mustangs in 7 games in the final. This marks the first time a team outside of the Metro Division of EOJBHL has won the Carson Trophy as league champions in over half a decade. This marks the Glens first Junior "B" Championship.