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Hawkesbury is a town in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell in Eastern Ontario, Canada. Hawkesbury is the third most bilingual town in Ontario, with about 70% of its inhabitants being fluent in English and French. Franco-Ontarians make up 89% of the population. [4] The Long-Sault Bridge links it to Grenville, Quebec to the north.
Hawkesbury City is named after the Hawkesbury River. Major suburbs in the City of Hawkesbury are Windsor, Richmond and Pitt Town. It is a member council of the Hawkesbury River County Council. The mayor of the City of Hawkesbury is Cr. Sarah McMahon, a member of the Liberal Party.
Longueuil Township, L'Orignal, Vankleek Hill, West Hawkesbury Township Clarence-Rockland, City of: 26505 Russell Rockland, Bourget: East Hawkesbury, Township of : 3418 Prescott Chute-à-Blondeau, Sainte-Anne-de-Prescott, Saint-Eugène: Hawkesbury, Town of: 10194 Prescott Russell, Township of: 19598 Russel Embrun, Russell: The Nation ...
The mill complex, known as Hawkesbury or Hamilton Mills, was expanded many times into the largest sawmill in Canada during the 19th century, employing over 1000 people. [8] 1925 mill fire. The offices of the mill were on Chenail Island, which was at the time a thriving center of commerce and the original town center of Hawkesbury.
He chose the sites of the town, church and burial ground personally. His creation of these towns on the Hawkesbury in 1810 was an important expression of the developmental philosophy of settlement coupled with deliberate social engineering to control convict society and to implant a moral economy and education of the young into their lifestyles.
6 East Hawkesbury. 7 Hawkesbury. 8 Russell. Toggle Russell subsection. 8.1 ... There are 4 seats being contested for Russell Town Council. Councillors Candidate [9 ...
The 16.9-kilometre (11 mi) route ends at Main Street, near the Ottawa River in downtown Hawkesbury. Between these two points, with the exception of the town of Vankleek Hill, the highway traverses the rural Ottawa Valley, remaining straight in a southwest–northeast orientation except through Hawkesbury. [3]
East Hawkesbury is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada, in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell. Situated on the Ottawa River , its eastern boundary is the border with the province of Quebec .