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  • Ault Island Osnabruck Twp, created by St. Lawrence Seaway
  • Aultsville Osnabruck Twp, one of the Lost Villages of the St. Lawrence Seaway
  • Avonmore Roxborough Twp, on Hwy 43 and on CPR, about 16 miles NE of Cornwall. Among the pioneers to settle here were the MacMillans, the Kedmans, the MacRaes, John Hough, A. Feek, Duncan McDermid, Adam H. Runions and Elias N. Shaver. John Hough arrived around 1842 and is said to have kept a store, built houses, acted as the local preacher, a magistrate and a doctor, and also manufactured coffins. Elias Shaver built his home near the first schoolhouse in the settlement, which was located near the present CPR tracks. The Methodists erected a church in the 1860's and the Presbyterians built a church a decade later on Paul's Hill immediately south of the village. A Post Office was opened in 1864 on the MacRae farm.
  • Baker's Corners Osnabruck Twp
  • Barnhart Island USA, St. Lawrence River, out from Rd 15
  • Beaconsfield Cornwall Twp, now within Cornwall, south of Second Street West, to the canal and bounded by Cumberland Street on the east and Gregor Avenue (now Brookdale) on the west
  • The Beaver Cornwall Twp, lots 2 & 3, conc 9
  • Berwick Finch Twp, conc 6, on Rd 9, on the Payne River, about 14 miles NW of Cornwall. The area was settled at the beginning of the 19th century by Scottish immigrants. A post office was established in 1858. In the 1870's the village had two hotels, one on Cockburn Street near Union Street, the other at the corner of Cockburn and Prince Streets. A sawmill was in operation at the "Mill Pond" on the Payne River; previous alternate name was Cockburn's Corners
  • Black River Cornwall Twp, conc 6 about lot 27, E of Rd 15
  • Bloomington Roxborough Twp, conc 6 about lot 3
  • Bonville Cornwall Twp, on Hwy 138, conc 8
  • Brennan's Corners Cornwall, at Marlborough and Montreal Rd/Water St
  • Bunker Hill Osnabruck Twp, Rd 14 about lot 20, could be same as Three Corners
  • Bush Glen Osnabruck Twp, conc 6 about lot 31
  • Cahore Finch Twp, conc 8 about lot 4
  • Cannamore Finch Twp, conc 11 about lot 1 on boundary with Winchester Twp, Dundas County
  • Charlesville Osnabruck Twp, renamed as Aultsville
  • Churchill Heights Cornwall Twp, conc 4 about lot 11, on Hwy 138 N of Eamer's Corners
  • Cockburn's Corners Finch Twp; previous alternate name for Berwick
  • Cornwall Centre Cornwall Twp, W of Eamers Corners
  • Cornwall Island St. Lawrence River, out from City of Cornwall
  • Croil Island St. Lawrence River, out from Ingleside
  • Crysler Finch Twp, conc 9, at Rd 12 & 13, on the S Nation River, about 25 miles NW of Cornwall. Named for John Crysler, UEL, member of the Legislative Assembly from 1808 - 1824, and owner of the farm on the St. Lawrence River where the Battle of Crysler's Farm was fought in 1813. Among the early settlers who came about 1802 were the McMillan and Cameron families, Moses St. Louis, John Wright, and a man named Desjardins. Many of Crysler's later pioneers were of French-Canadian descent. Early industries included a carriage maker, three blacksmith shops, Crysler's flour mill, a tannery, a tin smithy, a carding mill and a saw and grist mill. The first Post Office was opened in 1861 with John Cockburn as postmaster. By that time Crylser boasted three hotels and several general stores. The Anglicans were the first congregation to erect a church in the village. It was replaced by the present structure in 1886. The Roman Catholics built the settlement's second church and when it became too small a new church was erected in 1899, the year in which the Presbyterians also built a church.
  • Dickinson Island Osnabruck Twp, created by St. Lawrence Seaway
  • Dickinson's Landing Osnabruck Twp, one of the Lost Villages of the St. Lawrence Seaway, conc 1 about lot 7
  • Dickinson's Landing Station Osnabruck Twp, renamed as Wales in 1860
  • Dixson Osnabruck Twp, conc 6, on Rd 12
  • Duff Corners Roxborough Twp, conc 1
  • Dyer Roxborough Twp, on Rd 25, conc 7 about lot 10
  • Eamers Corners Cornwall Twp. Named for Philip Eamer who settled on lots 9 & 10, conc 4, in 1784. Site of Johnson Hotel and Red Onion Hotel, both burned down in 1891.
  • East Front Cornwall Twp, E of Cornwall
  • East Woodlands Island Osnabruck Twp, created by St. Lawrence Seaway
  • Eastern District Est'd 1788, originally known as Lunenburg District and was comprised of all eastern counties. In 1798 it was comprised of the current counties of Carleton, Dundas, Glengarry, Prescott, Russell & Stormont
  • Fairview Cornwall Twp, now within Cornwall, bounded on the south by Second west, on the north by Fifth W, on the west by Laflecheville, and on the east by the Cornwall town limits
  • Farran's Point Osnabruck Twp, front, one of the lost Villages of the St. Lawrence Seaway
  • Finch Finch Twp, conc 3, on Hwy 43; previous name of Berwick
  • Gallingertown Osnabruck Twp, conc 4, on Rd 18
  • Gladstone Cornwall Twp, now within Cornwall, bounded on the north by Manchester, on the west by Marlborough, on the south by Montreal Road, and on the east by McConnell Avenue north
  • Glebe Cornwall Twp, now within Cornwall, on north side of CNR tracks, bounded on the east by Marlborough north, on the west by Pitt north, on the south by CNR tracks and on the north by Glebe road
  • Glenpayne Finch Twp, conc 8 about lot 19, NW of Berwick
  • Glen Union West of Cornwall (reference in Cornwall Freeholder, 1932)
  • Goldfield Finch Twp, conc 3, west of Finch
  • Grant's Corners Cornwall Twp, NE of Cornwall. Named for John Grant, blacksmith.
  • Grantley Osnabruck Twp, conc 8 on boundary with Williamsburg Twp, Dundas County
  • Gravel Hill Roxborough Twp, on Hwy 138
  • Gray's Creek Cornwall Twp, E of East Front, site of first cheese factory in twp, 1867
  • Harrison's Corners Cornwall Twp, conc 7
  • Hough Mills Roxborough Twp, renamed as Avonmore
  • Ingleside Osnabruck Twp, conc 1
  • Laflecheville Cornwall Twp, now within Cornwall, bounded on the north and west by township of Cornwall, on the east by Fairview, and on the south by Beaconsfield
  • Lakeview Heights Cornwall Twp, front, W of Cornwall on Hwy 2
  • Lodi Roxborough Twp, conc 5
  • Long Sault Osnabruck Twp, conc 1
  • Lorneville Cornwall Twp, now within Cornwall, bounded on north by McDonald Avenue, on the west by McConnell Avenue north, on the south by the St Lawrence river, and on the east by Riverview
  • Lunenburg Osnabruck Twp, conc 3, on Rd 12
  • Maple Grove Cornwall Twp, between Mille Roches and Cornwall
  • MacDonald's Grove Roxborough Twp, conc 8 about lot 1, W of St. Elmo
  • McMartin's Hill Cornwall Twp, on Track Rd
  • McMillan's Corners Cornwall Twp, on Hwy 138, N of Bonville, conc 9 lot 12
  • Mille Roches One of the Lost Villages of the St. Lawrence Seaway
  • Mille Roches Island St. Lawrence River
  • Monkland Roxborough Twp, at Hwy 43 and 138; originally Monkland Station
  • Moose Creek Roxborough Twp, conc 7
  • Morrisonville Roxborough Twp, a post office 1885 - 1891
  • Moulinette Cornwall Twp, one of the Lost Villages of the St. Lawrence Seaway
  • Moulinette Island St. Lawrence River
  • Newington Osnabruck Twp, conc 7
  • Newington Bog Osnabruck Twp, conc 7
  • New Johnstown Renamed as Cornwall prior to 1790
  • New Mille Roches Cornwall Twp, conc 3 lot 26
  • Northfield Cornwall Twp, conc 9
  • Northfield Station Cornwall Twp, conc 9
  • North Lunenburgh Osnabruck Twp, conc 5
  • North Star Cornwall Twp, conc 9, Rd 9 at Rd 15, now known as Four Corners
  • North Valley Osnabruck Twp, conc 6 about lot 23
  • Osnabruck Osnabruck Twp, renamed as Aultsville
  • Osnabruck Centre Osnabruck Twp, conc 3, on Rd 14
  • Pilon Island Cornwall Twp, St. Lawrence River
  • Pleasant Valley Osnabruck Twp, conc 3
  • Point Malin, Cornwall Twp, renamed as Cornwall before 1846
  • Priest's Mills Roxborough Twp, renamed as Avonmore
  • Riverview Cornwall Twp, now within Cornwall, bounded on the west by Alice north, on the east and north by the township of Cornwall, and on the south by Montreal Road
  • Rosedale Terrace Cornwall Twp, conc 4 about lot 12, between Eamers Corners and Brookdale Avenue on Cornwall Centre Road.
  • Roxborough West Roxborough Twp, a post office 1856 - 1865, same as Strathglass
  • Rush City Roxborough Twp, Moose Creek area (reference in Cornwall Freeholder, 1932)
  • St. Andrews West Cornwall Twp, conc 5
  • Sandfield Mills Cornwall Twp, E of Bonville, conc 7 about lot 2. John Sandfield MacDonald, first premier of Ontario, owned a prosperous sawmill here. Also site of a small hotel and dance-hall.
  • Sandringham Roxborough Twp
  • Sandtown Osnabruck Twp, conc 9
  • Santa Cruz Osnabruck Twp, conc 1 about lot 14, on waterfront
  • Sheiks Island Cornwall Twp, St. Lawrence River, out from Rd 15
  • Smithville Cornwall Twp, now within Cornwall, bounded on the north by Second west, on the west by NYC Railway, on the south by Cornwall canal and on the east by Cornwall township
  • South Finch Finch Twp, conc 3 lot 13
  • Strathglass Roxborough Twp, a post office 1856 - 1865
  • Strathmore Roxborough Twp
  • Stuart Tract Cornwall Twp, along the Raisin River
  • Tayside Roxborough Twp, conc 8, on Hwy 138
  • Tinkess Crossing Cornwall Twp. Toll Gate Road crossed the Grand Trunk Railway, now CNR, at Nine Mile Road, now Power Dam Drive. The railway was relocated northerly at the time of Seaway construction.
  • Toll Gate Cornwall Twp, near Cornwall Centre
  • Tolmies Corners Roxborough Twp, conc 6
  • Valley Corners Roxborough Twp, conc 7, about lot 12, on Hwy 138
  • Wales Osnabruck Twp, one of the Lost Villages of the St. Lawrence Seaway, established as Grand Trunk railway stop named Dickinson's Landing Station, it was renamed Wales in 1860 to honour the visit of the Prince of Wales.
  • Wales Island Cornwall Twp, created by St. Lawrence Seaway
  • Warina Roxborough Twp, conc 5 about lot 12, on Hwy 138, N of Monkland
  • Windmill Corners Roxborough Twp, Tayside area??
  • Windmill Point Cornwall Twp, City of Cornwall, now site of St. Lawrence College
  • Woodlands Osnabruck Twp, on St. Lawrence, conc 1 about lot 18
  • Woodlands Island St. Lawrence River, Osnabruck Twp

Sources: Ontario Locator; Nick and Helma Mika, Places in Ontario, Mika Publishing; Alex W. Fraser and Rhoda Ross, GPSSV Locator; various, Historical Highlights of Cornwall Township, St. Andrew's Historical Society Bicentennial Committee; Ian Bowering, "Looking back at Cornwall's Lost Villages," Cornwall Standard-Freeholder, 4 Apr 1999, courtesy of Lily Worrall; The City Directory of Cornwall 1927, Diamond Jubilee Edition, Vol 1, Might Directories Limited, Ottawa/Toronto/Halifax

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