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22-514: The name "Gananoque" has been spelled many different ways over the years and so has been assigned several different interpretations, including "place of health" or "meeting place". The Gananoque River Waterways Association was founded in 1963 to include "...property owners, resort operators, fishermen, farmers, trappers and all other interested parties..." for the purpose of getting together to "Protect wild life, arrange for equitable water levels, facilitate navigation, maintain health standards through

44-547: A land area of 608.09 km (234.78 sq mi), it had a population density of 16.1/km (41.8/sq mi) in 2021. Population trend: Mother tongue: Leeds and Grenville United Counties The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville , commonly known as Leeds and Grenville , is a county and census division in Ontario , Canada, in the Eastern Ontario subregion of Southern Ontario . It fronts on

66-538: A population density of 31.0/km (80.3/sq mi) in 2021. William Buell granted the land for construction of the courthouse. It is set atop a hill rising from the Saint Lawrence River. A broad boulevard extends to the main street. The Brockville Courthouse, one of the oldest in Ontario, was erected in 1842. The original plan had been to build a courthouse in the township of Johnstown but the land there

88-738: A timber dam and sawmill at White Fish Falls, near today's Morton, Ontario . Their dam backed up the water from the White Fish River, overflowing the Cranberry Flood Plain and sending it to the Cataraqui River at the Round Tail (just north of today's Upper Brewers Locks). By 1816 (perhaps as early as 1805-1807), the Haskins built a mill dam at the Round Tail in order to impound their escaping water. This flooded

110-553: Is a small village located just north of Ivy Lea, Ontario and 4 km north of Highway 401 , at the intersection of Leeds and Grenville County Roads 3 and 34. It is a part of the township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands. It can be accessed by former Kings Highway 2 (which passes just south of the village) or by Highway 401 at Exit 659. The Canadian customs point of entry at the top of Interstate 81 on Hill Island identifies itself as Lansdowne 456 . There

132-468: Is a village on the St. Lawrence River with historic homes, restaurants, resorts, boat launch and marinas. It has been a port since the late 1700s and is now a major terminus for Thousand Islands cruise tours. There are bicycle racks, benches, and well marked walking paths with interpretive signs and murals for points of historical interest. Two churches that were founded in the late 1800s remain active. Both reflect

154-706: Is an independent telephone exchange (+1-613-659-) and a post office (K0E 1L0) in the village. The administrative offices of the township are located in Lansdowne. The Lansdowne Iron Works, was founded by Wallis Sunderlin on the Gananoque River by 1801. The ironworks enabled the economic development of a small industrial community called Furnace Falls. The iron smelter was destroyed by fire in 1811. Several mills were established in Furnace Falls by Charles and Jonas Jones of Brockville in 1827. The settlement

176-969: The Saint Lawrence River , and extends north into rural hamlets and villages. Formerly, this township was divided into three separate townships: Leeds, Lansdowne, and Escott townships; these townships amalgamated to form the current township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands. The township comprises the communities of Berryton, Black Rapids, Brier Hill, Cheeseborough, Darlingside, Dulcemaine, Ebenezer, Eden Grove, Ellisville, Emery, Escott, Fairfax, Gananoque Junction, Gray's Beach, Greenfield, Grenadier Island, Halsteads Bay, Holland, Ivy Lea, Junetown, La Rue Mills, Lansdowne, Leeds, Legge, Long Point, Lyndhurst, Maple Grove, Mitchellville, Narrows, Oak Leaf, Outlet, Pooles Resort, Quabbin, Rockfield, Rockport, Sand Bay Corner, Seeley's Bay, Selton, Soperton, Sweets Corners, Taylor, Tilley, Union, Warburton, Washburns Corners, Waterton, Willowbank and Wilstead. Lansdowne, Ontario

198-634: The St. Lawrence River and the international boundary between Canada and the United States , opposite of the State of New York . The county seat is Brockville . The county was formed by the union of the historical counties of Leeds and Grenville in 1850. There are 10 municipalities in Leeds and Grenville (in order of population): The city of Brockville and towns of Gananoque and Prescott are part of

220-543: The Cataraqui Flood Plain by about 6 feet, making it navigable by canoe and allowing direct navigation to Kingston. When the Rideau Canal was built (1826-1832) Haskins' mill dam at White Fish Falls was replaced by a canal dam and weir (at the foot of today's Morton Bay), and the dam at Round Tail replaced by a canal dam at Upper Brewers. The Rideau Canal dam at the foot of Morton Bay now diverts most of

242-727: The Jones Falls rapids to the White Fish River. That river flowed into Lower Beverley Lake and from there to the Gananoque River. The original native canoe route from the Ottawa River, via the Rideau River, went to the White Fish River and from there to the St. Lawrence River at Gananoque. This was due to the fact that a direct waterway connection to the Cataraqui River did not exist at that time. This started to change c.1803 when brothers Lemuel and Carey Haskins built

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264-496: The Leeds and Grenville census division but are independent of the county. As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville had a population of 104,070 living in 44,618 of its 49,557 total private dwellings, a change of 3.5% from its 2016 population of 100,527 . With a land area of 3,355.61 km (1,295.61 sq mi), it had

286-865: The Ontario Heritage Foundation. A plaque commemorating the Lyndhurst Bridge , built in 1856–1857, was erected by the Ontario Archaeological and Historic Sites Board. Designed by John Roddick, the masonry arch bridge was erected by contractors Miles Fulford and Simon Ransom. There is a cultural celebration in Lyndhurst dubbed the "Turkey Fair" celebrated annually on the third Saturday in September. This celebration involves hay-stack decoration, petting zoos, fishing contests for kids, crafts and 50/50 draws. Rockport

308-547: The Rideau Canal. Located just off Highway 15, about 20 minutes north of the 401 Highway, it still serves as the first full service port of call for boaters coming north on the Rideau. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Leeds and the Thousand Islands had a population of 9,804 living in 3,994 of its 5,040 total private dwellings, a change of 3.6% from its 2016 population of 9,465 . With

330-754: The architecture of their time. For decades boats were built in Rockport; from small wooden St. Lawrence skiffs to large tour boats used on the St. Lawrence River, in Ottawa on the Rideau and Ottawa Rivers , and as far away as Banff National Park in Alberta . Before the building of the Thousand Islands Bridge nearby, ferryboats connected the US and Canada. The area remains famous for boat building, as

352-600: The flow to the Cataraqui River. Today's slow flowing Morton Creek (partially flooded due to the dam at Lyndhurst, Ontario ) is all that is left of the original White Fish River. Leeds and the Thousand Islands Leeds and the Thousand Islands is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario , located within the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville . The township is located along

374-510: The industry is producing ice boats that make winter travel to local island homes possible. Seeley's Bay is at the north west corner of the Township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands and is most known for fishing and its direct access to the UNESCO designated Rideau Canal . The village was established early in the 19th century as a port of call for steamers going between Kingston and Ottawa on

396-411: The purity of the water [and] confer with officials in regard to definite arrangements for maintaining and improving the waterway for everyone's use." The Gananoque River begins at Gananoque Lake in incorporated Leeds and the Thousand Islands township. It flows south, passes through the community of Marble Rock, then turns southwest and reaches the community of Maple Grove. It heads again south, takes in

418-811: The right tributary Mud Creek, passes under Ontario Highway 401 , and enters the town of Gananoque. It then flows over the concrete dam for the Gananoque Generating Station, in service since 1939, and empties into the Saint Lawrence River where that river is part of the Thousand Islands region. Originally the Gananoque watershed included waters south of the present day Rideau River / Cataraqui River watershed divide near Newboro, Ontario . Water from present day upper Cataraqui watershed lakes such as Birch, Canoe, Buck, Devil, Newboro, Clear, Indian, Benson, Opinicon and Sand flowed through

440-578: The statue was damaged by Hurricane Hazel and by 1956, the statue was rotting. The original statue is on display at the Westport museum. A replica carved by Robert Kerr of Smiths Falls was placed atop the Courthouse in 1982. Major highways: The town of Smiths Falls is mostly located in Lanark County , while parts of the southern areas of the town are in the township of Rideau Lakes in

462-404: Was renamed Lyndhurst by 1846. Camp Hyanto, an Anglican church camp, is also set just off of the village of Lyndhurst. It has been in operation since the 1940s, and its motto is, "He who sleeps beneath the pines, sleeps well." The Lansdowne Iron Works was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1932. A plaque commemorating the founding of Lyndhurst (Furnace Falls) in 1801 was erected by

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484-405: Was too swampy for construction. Instead, the Courthouse was built in the township of Elizabethtown. The figure of Justice , a blind-folded woman holding the scales of justice, was carved by master carpenter William Holmes in 1844. This statue was named "Sally Grant" by Paul Glasford, the chair of the building committee, in honour of the woman who posed as the model. It was erected in 1845. However,

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