Alfred and Plantagenet

{{Short description|Township in Ontario, Canada}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Alfred and Plantagenet

| official_name = Township of Alfred and Plantagenet
Canton d'Alfred et Plantagenet

| settlement_type = Township (lower-tier)

| image_skyline = Alfred ON 2.JPG

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| pushpin_map = CAN ON Prescott and Russell#Canada Southern Ontario

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| coordinates = {{coord|45|34|N|74|55|W|region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Canada

| subdivision_type1 = Provinces

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name1 = Ontario

| subdivision_name2 = Prescott and Russell

| established_title = Settled

| established_date = 1810s

| established_title2 = Formed

| established_date2 = January 1, 1997

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Yves Laviolette

| leader_title1 = Federal riding

| leader_name1 = Glengarry—Prescott—Russell

| leader_title2 = Prov. riding

| leader_name2 = Glengarry—Prescott—Russell

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| area_land_km2 = 391.79

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| population_total = 9,949

| population_as_of = 2021

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| population_density_km2 = 25.4

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| timezone = EST

| utc_offset = -5

| timezone_DST = EDT

| utc_offset_DST = -4

| postal_code_type = Postal Code FSA

| postal_code = K0B

| area_codes = 613, 343, 753

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Alfred and Plantagenet is a Franco-Ontarian township in eastern Ontario, Canada, in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell. Located approximately {{convert|70|km}} from downtown Ottawa at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the South Nation River.

The township was formed on January 1, 1997, through the amalgamation of the townships of Alfred and North Plantagenet and the villages of Alfred and Plantagenet.{{cite web |title=Municipal restructuring activity summary table - Dataset - Ontario Data Catalogue |url=https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/municipal-restructuring-activity-summary-table |website=data.ontario.ca |publisher=Government of Ontario |access-date=2025-03-03}}

Plantagenet is named after the House of Plantagenet, the royal house established by King Henry II. The township was settled in 1811-12, and its post office opened in 1838.{{Cite book|last=Hamilton|first=William|title=The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names|publisher=Macmillan|year=1978|isbn=0-7715-9754-1|location=Toronto|pages=166}}

Near the town of Alfred, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources has designated the Alfred Bog as "a provincially significant wetland and an Area of Natural and Scientific Interest." Species of interest include the palm warbler, northern pitcher-plant, pink lady's-slipper, cottongrass, bog elfin and bog copper butterflies, and ebony boghaunter dragonfly. It also hosts one of the most southerly herds of moose. The bog is open to the public with a {{convert|272|m|adj=on}} boardwalk for nature walks.[http://www.ofnc.ca/conservation/alfredbog/index.php The Alfred Bog] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721175100/http://www.ofnc.ca/conservation/alfredbog/index.php |date=2011-07-21 }}, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club

University of Guelph-Ontario Agricultural College's Alfred College was located here until 2015.