Fitzroy is a former incorporated and present day geographic

township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

originally part of

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in eastern

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. Fitzroy was located in the western part of the county, bordered to the northeast by

Torbolton Township Torbolton is a geographic township and former municipality that was originally part of Carleton County in eastern Ontario, Canada. Torbolton is located in the north-western part of the county, bordered to the southwest by Fitzroy Township, to the ...

, to the southeast by

Huntley Township Huntley is a former incorporated and now geographic township in Carleton County in eastern Ontario, Canada. Huntley was located in the western part of the county, bordered to the northwest by Fitzroy Township, to the northeast by March Township, ...

, to the southwest by Pakenham Township and to the northwest by the

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. The township was established in 1823. The first permanent settler is believed to have been Charles Shirreff around 1818. Shirreff founded the settlement of

Fitzroy Harbour Fitzroy Harbour is a small village within the city of Ottawa in eastern Ontario, Canada. It is located on the Ottawa River at the mouth of the Carp River. A branch of the Mississippi River, known as the Snye, also empties into the Ottawa to the ...

in 1831. The township was an important centre of the timber trade during the 19th century. In 1974, the township was amalgamated with Huntley and Torbolton to form West Carleton. In 2001, West Carleton became part of the new city of

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. Fitzroy took its name from Sir

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, son-in-law to

Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond General Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond, 4th Duke of Lennox, 4th Duke of Aubigny, (9 December 176428 August 1819) was a Scottish peer, soldier, politician, and Governor-general of British North America. Background Richmond was born to Ge ...

who was

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from 1818 to 1819. According to the

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, the Township had a population of 4,413. As of the

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, this had increased to 4,616. Villages within the township included: *

Galetta Galetta is a dispersed rural community in West Carleton-March Ward in rural western Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the Mississippi River near its mouth in the Ottawa River. Once part of Fitzroy Township and later West Carleton, it ...

* Kinburn * Antrim

Reeves

*1850 J. Steen *1857 T. Elliott *1862 William Dean *1863 John Neil *1865 James Hubbell *1866 William Dean *1867 John Neil *1868 Allen Fraser *1872 John Neil *1878 Allan Fraser *1880 David MacLaren *1882 Charles Mohr *1896 A.E. Riddell *1897 n/a *1907 F.S. McClure *1909 Charles Mohr *1912 W. Boyle *1916 J.C. Greene *1918 T.B. Wilson *1922 R.G. Tripp *1929 John Shannon *1935 Stuart Craig *1940 V.E. Major *1959 Harvey E. Craig *1965 Hiram Wilson *1973 Jack Shaw

Reeves

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