18-501: Sulby Glen is a partly wooded glen in the parish of Lezayre in the Isle of Man . It runs north to south and is about 5 km (3 miles) long. In places the floor of the glen is only 50 metres wide, with steep sides. The Sulby River rises in the nearby Snaefell Mountain foothills and flows through the glen, and it also contains the A14 road . At the top of the glen the river emerges from
36-640: A change of 1.4% from its 2016 population of 13,150 . With a land area of 605.02 km (233.60 sq mi), it had a population density of 22.0/km (57.1/sq mi) in 2021. Canadian author Hugh Hood mentions Williamstown in his short story "Getting to Williamstown," first published in 1928. The Char-Lan Rebels of the CCHL2 League play out of the Char-Lan Recreation Centre in Williamstown. The Char-Lan Skating Club
54-700: A house in Williamstown; the home was completed in 1785 and is now a Canadian National Historic Site , the Sir John Johnson Manor House. A grist mill and saw mill, now gone, were also built on the same location. Williamstown also has the oldest house in Ontario, The Bethune-Thompson House built in 1784. Occupants over the years have included the Reverend John Bethune (1751–1815), the great-great-grandfather of Doctor Norman Bethune , and David Thompson , Canadian explorer. From
72-623: Is cognate with Welsh glyn . Whittow defines it as a "Scottish term for a deep valley in the Highlands" that is "narrower than a strath ". Examples in Northern England , such as Glenridding , Westmorland , or Glendue, near Haltwhistle , Northumberland , are thought to derive from the aforementioned Cumbric cognate, or another Brythonic equivalent. This likely underlies some examples in Southern Scotland . As
90-510: Is deep and bounded by steep slopes. The word is Goidelic in origin: gleann in Irish and Scottish Gaelic , glion in Manx . The designation "glen" also occurs often in place names. Glens are appreciated by tourists for their tranquility and scenery. The word is Goidelic in origin: gleann in Irish and Scottish Gaelic , glion in Manx . In Manx, glan is also to be found meaning glen. It
108-914: The Glens of Antrim in Ireland; Glenn Norman in Canada; Glendale , Glen Ellen and Klamath Glen in California , Glenview and Homer Glen in Illinois , and Glenrock in Wyoming ; Glenview , Glen Waverley , Glen Eira , Glengowrie , Glen Huntly and Glen Forrest in Australia; and Glendowie , Glen Eden and Glen Innes in New Zealand. In the Finger Lakes region of New York State,
126-476: The Sulby Reservoir (the largest reservoir in the island, created in 1982). At the bottom of the glen, about 1 km south of the village of Sulby , the river emerges into the island's northern plain. By the riverside just below this point is Sulby Claddagh, a local beauty spot and camp site. A small side valley branching from Sulby Glen near Sulby Reservoir is occupied by Tholt-y-Will Glen , one of
144-661: The Bethune-Thompson House, the Glengarry Cairn, the Sir John Johnson House, and the ruins of St. Raphael's Roman Catholic Church. St. Raphael's Catholic Church was completed in 1821 under the authority of Alexander Macdonell later Bishop of Regiopolis (now Kingston , Ontario). This is one of the oldest churches in what was then the colony of Upper Canada. In late 1970, the church interiors, roof and tower were destroyed by fire, but
162-666: The element glyn ("valley"). Glen Norman, Ontario South Glengarry is a township in eastern Ontario , Canada on the Saint Lawrence River in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry . South Glengarry borders Quebec . The township of South Glengarry comprises a number of villages and hamlets, including the following communities: The township administrative offices are located in Lancaster. Charlottenburgh and Lancaster were two of
180-406: The entrance to Tholt-y-Will Glen is a small car park and picnic area. 54°17′42″N 4°29′16″W / 54.2951°N 4.4877°W / 54.2951; -4.4877 This Manx location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Glen A glen is a valley , typically one that is long and bounded by gently sloped concave sides, unlike a ravine , which
198-572: The first person born in Upper Canada to serve in the Legislative Assembly , was from Martintown. The Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame is located in Williamstown. The Nor'Westers and Loyalist Museum is also located in Williamstown. Williamstown is also home to Ontario's oldest continuing agricultural fair, which celebrated its bicentennial in 2012. South Glengarry is the location of four National Historic Sites of Canada :
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#1732797862150216-997: The lakes below. Many place-names in Scotland with "glen" derive from the Gaelic gleann ("deep valley"), with some being from the cognates in the Brittonic languages Cumbric and Pictish or from the Gaelic loanword glen in Scots . Some place-names in England contain the element "Glen". Many of these are derived from Brittonic cognates of Gaelic gleann (Welsh glyn ). Note that some place-names in England with "Glen", such as Glen Parva in Leicestershire, are actually more likely to derive from river-names named with Brittonic glan ("shining"). Some place-names in Wales contain
234-622: The late 18th century to the early 19th century, the area was almost entirely settled by Scottish highlanders , especially from Inverness-shire , after the Highland Clearances . Canadian Gaelic / Scottish Gaelic had been spoken in Glengarry County since its first settlement in 1784. Some of the main partners of the North West Company , including Hugh McGillis, lived in this area. Alexander McMartin ,
252-707: The name of a river , it is thought to derive from the Irish word glan meaning clean, or the Welsh word gleindid meaning purity. An example is the Glens of Antrim in Northern Ireland where nine glens radiate out from the Antrim plateau to the sea along the coast between Ballycastle and Larne . The designation "glen" also occurs often in place names such as Great Glen and Glenrothes in Scotland; Glendalough , Glenswilly , Glen of Aherlow , Glen of Imaal and
270-534: The officially-listed Manx National Glens and the only one of these which is located in the mountainous centre of the island. This is managed, preserved and maintained in a semi-natural state by a government agency: the Forestry Amenity and Lands Directorate of the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture . As at October 2017, access to Tholt-y-Will Glen was restricted due to a damaged bridge. At
288-638: The original eight "Royal Townships", established along the Saint Lawrence River in Upper Canada in the 1780s. This area was first settled by United Empire Loyalists . The development of this area was encouraged by Sir John Johnson , then the Superintendent General and Inspector General of Indian Affairs, who had been forced to abandon his land holdings in New York State during the American Revolution . Johnson built
306-507: The ruins were preserved. In 1973, a smaller church with the same name was built, attached to the ruins. The township was established on January 1, 1998, with the amalgamation of the former Townships of Charlottenburgh and Lancaster , along with the Village of Lancaster . In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , South Glengarry had a population of 13,330 living in 5,431 of its 5,848 total private dwellings,
324-536: The southern ends of Seneca Lake and Cayuga Lake in particular are etched with glens, although in this region the term "glen" refers most frequently to a narrow gorge , as opposed to a wider valley or strath. The steep hills surrounding these lakes are filled with loose shale from glacial moraines. This material has eroded over the past 10,000 years to produce rocky glens (e.g., Watkins Glen , Fillmore Glen State Park and Treman State Parks ) and waterfalls (e.g., Taughannock Falls ) as rainwater has flowed down toward
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