Johnstown District, Upper Canada
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The Johnstown District was a historic district in Upper Canada which existed until 1849.
Historical evolution
In 1798, the new Parliament of Upper Canada divided the territory of the Eastern District in two, which went into force in January 1800, and the following counties were withdrawn to form the Johnstown District:
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| |the township of Nepean, with the tract of land to be hereafter laid out into townships, between Nepean and a line drawn north fifteen degrees from the north-west angle of the township of Crosby, until it intersects the Ottawa River, with such of the islands in the said river as are wholly, or in greater part opposite thereto |
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The district town was originally Johnstown, but it was transferred to Elizabethtown in 1808.{{Cite canlaw|short title =An Act to provide for the establishment of Courts in the District of Bathurst, and for other purposes therein mentioned|abbr =S.U.C.|year =1808|chapter =15|link= https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924016981775?urlappend=%3Bseq=434}}
The District's territory was subsequently reduced in several steps:
- In 1822, Carleton County was withdrawn and transferred to the new Bathurst District.Preamble, {{Cite canlaw|short title =An Act for building a Court House and Gaol in the Township of Elizabethtown, in the District of Johnstown|abbr =S.U.C.|year =1823|chapter =2|link= https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924016981775?urlappend=%3Bseq=392}}
- In 1838, upon the creation of the new Dalhousie District, the township of North Gower and Marlborough were transferred to Carleton County, and the township of Montague, together with those portions of the townships of Elmsley and Burgess lying north of the Rideau River, were transferred to Lanark County.{{Cite canlaw|short title =An Act to erect certain townships now forming parts of the Districts of Bathurst, Johnstown and Ottawa, into a separate District, to be called the District of Dalhousie, and for other purposes therein mentioned|abbr =S.U.C.|year =1838|chapter =25|link= https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924016981775?urlappend=%3Bseq=409}}
Effective January 1, 1850, Johnstown District was abolished, and the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville replaced it for municipal and judicial purposes.{{Cite canlaw|short title =An Act for abolishing the Territorial Division of Upper-Canada into Districts, and for providing temporary Unions of Counties for Judicial and other purposes, and for the future dissolutions of such Unions, as the increase of wealth and population may require|abbr =S.Prov.C.|year =1849|chapter =78|schedule =B|link =https://books.google.ca/books?id=ulQ1AQAAMAAJ&lpg=RA1-PA55&pg=PA440#v=onepage&q&f=false}}
Further reading
- Armstrong, Frederick H. Handbook of Upper Canadian Chronology. Toronto : Dundurn Press, 1985. {{ISBN|0-919670-92-X}}
References
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Category:Districts of Upper Canada
Category:History of Leeds and Grenville United Counties