Country Canada Incorporated 1998 Postal code FSA K0C Population 10,251 (2011) Province Ontario Team Alexandria Glens | Settled 1792 Time zone EST (UTC−5) Area 642.4 km² Area code 613 Number of airports 1 | |
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County Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Weather 2°C, Wind NE at 24 km/h, 66% Humidity | ||
North Glengarry is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada, in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. It is a predominantly rural area located between Ottawa-Gatineau, Montreal and Cornwall-Massena.
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The current township of North Glengarry was created on 1 January 1998, by amalgamating the former townships of Kenyon and Lochiel with the village of Maxville and the town of Alexandria.
Communities
The township comprises the urban community of Alexandria (population 3,287) and the rural communities of Apple Hill, Athol, Baltic Corners, Breadalbane, Brodie, Dalkeith, Dominionville, Dornie, Dunvegan, Fairview, Fassifern, Fiskes Corners, Glen Robertson, Glen Sandfield, Greenfield, Guaytown, Kirkhill, Laggan, Lochiel, Lochinvar, Lorne, Maxville (population 853), McCormick, McCrimmon, Pine Grove, St. Elmo, and Stewarts Glen.
The community of Skye is located on the boundary between North Glengarry and The Nation.
Alexandria is served five or six times a day by the Montreal-Ottawa Via Rail trains which almost all stop there, in each direction. Commuter buses provide daily services from Maxville and area to Ottawa-Gatineau.
History
The area was originally settled in 1792 as part of the historic Glengarry County in which many Scottish emigrants settled from all over the Scottish Highlands due to the Highland Clearances. This first wave of heavy migration lasted till 1816, emigration still continued afterwards into the early 20th century but in a slower pace. Many of these migrants came from the Inverness-shire area of Scotland specifically. Canadian Gaelic / Scottish Gaelic has been a spoken language in the area for over four centuries. Kenyon, which was part of Charlottenburgh Township until 1798, was named for British judge and politician Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon, and Lochiel, which was part of Lancaster Township until 1818, was named for the Lochiels of Clan Cameron.
Development in the region was significantly spurred by the development of a railway link between Ottawa and Montreal in the early 1880s. Maxville, Alexandria and Glen Robertson, in particular, became key railway hubs for farmers in the area.
Maxville was first incorporated as a village separate from Kenyon Township in 1892, and Alexandria was separated from Lochiel Township in the early 1900s.
Culture
Maxville (population 853) hosts the annual Glengarry Highland Games, one of North America's largest festivals of Scottish culture, on the first long weekend in August.
Maxville hosts a country fair at the end of June that include a classic and new automobile show, homecraft prizes, Western performances, a holstein show including 4-H showmanship, a hunter horse and hunter pony show, a talent show, a midway, laser tag and a demolition derby.
Sport
The Alexandria Glens of the Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2 play out of the Glengarry Sports Palace (Billy Gebbie Arena) in Alexandria. The Glens Join the CCHL2 new league in 2015. The Glens played in the Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League until 2014-15 Season.
The Glens won the 2007 EOJBHL Championship, defeating the Gatineau Mustangs in 7 games in the final. This marks the first time a team outside of the Metro Division of EOJBHL has won the Carson Trophy as league champions in over half a decade. This marks the Glens first Junior "B" Championship.
The Glens won the 2008 EOJBHL Championship, defeating the Ottawa West Golden Knights in 6 games in the final. This marks the first time a team the St-Lawrence Division has won the Carson Trophy back to back as league champions. This marks the Glens Second Junior "B" Championship.
The Maxville Mustangs of the Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League used to play in Maxville.