South Stormont, Ontario

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Country	Canada
South Stormont, Ontario
Province	Ontario
County	Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
Government
- Type	Township
- Reeve (Mayor)	Bryan McGillis
- Councillor	Tammy Hart
- Councillor	Cindy Woods
- Councillor	Barry Brownlee
Area
- Total	447.46 km² (172.8 sq mi)
Population (2006)
- Total	12,520
- Density	28.0/km² (72.5/sq mi)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	Eastern Daylight (EDT) (UTC-4)
Postal code span	K0C
Area code(s)	613
Website: South Stormont

South Stormont is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. The township was incorporated on January 1, 1998 by amalgamating the former geographic townships of Cornwall and Osnabruck.

South Stormont surrounds, but does not include, the city of Cornwall.

1 Communities
2 Government
3 History
4 Demographics
5 External links

[edit] Communities

The township comprises the communities of Black River, Bonville, Bush Glen, Bunker Hill, Churchill Heights, Dixon, Gallingertown, Harrisons Corners, Ingleside, Lakeview Heights, Critesdale, Long Sault, Lunenburg, Newington, North Lunenburg, North Valley, Northfield, Northfield Station, Osnabruck Centre, Pleasant Valley, Rosedale Terrace, St. Andrews, Sandfield Mills and Sandtown.

[edit] Government

The township of South Stormont is governed by three Councillors and one Deputy Reeve, and a Reeve (Mayor). The term length is four years. South Stormont also conducts elections on the internet, using a secure, and cost-efficient website and automated telephone voting system.

Bryan McGillis - Reeve (Mayor)
Ray Beauregard - Deputy Reeve
Tammy Hart - Councillor
Cindy Woods - Councillor
Barry Brownlee - Councillor

[edit] History

Cornwall and Osnabruck were two of the original eight "Royal Townships" established along the Saint Lawrence River in Upper Canada. Osnabruck was named after a title formerly held by Prince Frederick, son of George III, who at one time was Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück in Lower Saxony, and Cornwall was named for Prince Frederick's title as Duke of Cornwall.

This area was first settled by members of Sir John Johnson's King's Royal Regiment of New York, and became Stormont County in 1792.

The Lost Villages, ten ghost towns which were flooded by the construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1958, were located in the former Cornwall and Osnabruck Townships. The communities of Long Sault and Ingleside were newly built to accommodate displaced residents of the flooded villages. Due to this relocation, the towns were entirely planned from their inception - a rarity in Ontario.